Leviticus 22:7:3Lev.22.7.W3TAB
וְטָהֵ֑ר
vetaher
“clean”
- Transliteration
- ve-ta-HER
- Extended
- veh-tah-HEHR
- IPA
- /və.taː.ˈheːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- clean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ta-HER
- clause
oo-VA ha-SHE-mesh ve-ta-HER
- sentence
oo-VA ha-SHE-mesh ve-ta-HER ve-a-KHAR yo-KHAL min-ha-ko-da-SHIM KI lakh-MO HU
Exegesis
The consecutive vav in və-ṭāhēr {וְטָהֵר | və-ṭāhēr} conveys a resultant state of cleanliness.
Root and etymology
Roottet-heh-resh
“to be clean, purify”
In context — Leviticus 22:7
And when the sun has set, he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things; for it is his food.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 22:7, so the Hebrew word וְטָהֵ֑ר (vetaher) 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.22.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.7.W3.S1) and character.