Leviticus 22:6:10Lev.22.6.W10TAB
אִם־רָחַ֥ץ
imrakhats
“has bathed”
- Transliteration
- im-ra-KHATS
- Extended
- ihm-rah-KHATS
- IPA
- /ʔim.ra.ˈħats/
Meaning by language
- English
- has bathed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
im-ra-KHATS
- phraseyour reading level
im-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO
- clause
veh-LO yo-KHAL min-ha-ko-da-SHIM KI im-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO bam-ma-YIM
- sentence
NE-fesh a-SHER tig-ga-BO veh-tah-meh-AH ad-ha-AH-rev veh-LO yo-KHAL min-ha-ko-da-SHIM KI im-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO bam-ma-YIM
Exegesis
The subordinating conjunction kiimrahats {כִּ֛י אִם־רָחַ֥ץ | kî·ʾim·ra·ḥaṭs} ‘for unless he has washed’ introduces the requirement, completed by the perfect verb and the phrases besaro {בְּשָׂר֖וֹ | be·ṣār·ô} ‘in his flesh’ and bamayim {בַּמָּֽיִם׃ | ba·mā·yim} ‘in the water’. Hebrew’s use of relative, vav-consecutive, temporal, and conditional constructions informs the English translation’s clause order and conjunction choices.
Root and etymology
ר־ח־צ
“to wash”
In context — Leviticus 22:6
Any person who touches it shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall not eat from the holy things unless he has washed his flesh in water.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 22:6, so the Hebrew word אִם־רָחַ֥ץ (imrakhats) 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.22.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.6.W10.S1) and character.