Leviticus 21:9:7Lev.21.9.W7TAB
אֶת־אָבִ֙יהָ֙
etaviha
“her father”
- Transliteration
- et-a-VI-ha
- Extended
- EET-ah-VEE-hah
- IPA
- /ʔet.ʔaˈviːha/
Meaning by language
- English
- her father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
et-a-VI-ha
- clause
et-a-VI-ha HI me-kha-LE-let ba-ESH tis-sa-REF
- sentence
u-VAT ISH ko-HEN KI te-KHEL liz-NOT et-a-VI-ha HI me-kha-LE-let ba-ESH tis-sa-REF
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet-} attaches to aviha {אָבִ֙יהָ֙ | ʾā-ḇî-hā} ‘her father’, then the independent pronoun hi {הִיא | hî} ‘she’ provides emphasis before the participle mechallelet {מְחַלֶּלֶת | mə-ḥal-le-LEṯ} ‘profane’, linking offense and object.
In context — Leviticus 21:9
And the daughter of any priest, if she begins to prostitute , she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 21:9, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אָבִ֙יהָ֙ (etaviha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.21.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.9.W7.S1) and character.