Leviticus 22:4:15Lev.22.4.W15TAB
וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙
vehhanogea
“and the one touching”
- Transliteration
- veh-ha-no-GEA
- Extended
- veh-ha-noh-GEH-ah
- IPA
- /vəhan.noˈɡeː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the one touching
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ha-no-GEA
- clause
veh-ha-no-GEA beh-khol-teh-meh-NEH-fesh O ISH a-SHER-te-TSE mi-me-NU shikh-VAT-ZA-RA
- sentence
ISH ISH mi-ZE-RA a-ha-RON ve-HU tsa-RU-ah O ZAV ba-ko-da-SHIM LO yo-KHAL AD a-SHER yit-HAR veh-ha-no-GEA beh-khol-teh-meh-NEH-fesh O ISH a-SHER-te-TSE mi-me-NU shikh-VAT-ZA-RA
Exegesis
The participial clause vehan-nogea be-khol-tamei-nefesh {וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙ בְּכָל־טְמֵא־נֶ֔פֶשׁ | wə-han-nō-gē-ʿa bə-ḵol-tə-mē-ne-peš} specifies corpse impurity, and the relative clause asher-tetse mimennu shikhvat-zara {אֲשֶׁר־תֵּצֵ֥א מִמֶּ֖נּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זָֽרַע | ʾă-šer-tê-ṣēʾ mim-me-nû šiḵ-bat-zā-raʿ} denotes semen emission, both extending the prohibition.
In context — Leviticus 22:4
Any man from the offspring of Aaron who is afflicted with a skin disease or has a discharge must not eat the holy things until he is clean. And anyone who touches anything unclean through contact with a dead person or a man with a semen emission must not eat them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:4:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Leviticus 22:4, so the Hebrew word וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙ (vehhanogea) 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.22.4.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.4.W15.S1) and character.