Leviticus 23:12:5Lev.23.12.W5TAB
כֶּ֣בֶשׂ
keves
“lamb”
- Transliteration
- KE-ves
- Extended
- KEH-ves
- IPA
- /ˈkɛvɛs/
Meaning by language
- English
- lamb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KE-ves
- phraseyour reading level
KE-ves tah-MIM ben-she-na-TO
- clause
KE-ves tah-MIM ben-she-na-TO le-oh-LA la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-a-see-TEM be-YOM ha-neef-KHEM et-ha-O-mer KE-ves tah-MIM ben-she-na-TO le-oh-LA la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A string of modifiers—keves {כֶּ֣בֶשׂ | keḇeś} ‘lamb’, tamim {תָּמִ֧ים | tā-mîm} ‘unblemished’, and benshenato {בֶּן־שְׁנָת֛וֹ | ben-šenāṯō} ‘son of its year’—forms a precise noun phrase emphasizing purity and age.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf–bet–shin
“young sheep, lamb”
In context — Leviticus 23:12
On the day of your waving the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish, a year old, for a burnt offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 23:12, so the Hebrew word כֶּ֣בֶשׂ (keves) 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.23.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.12.W5.S1) and character.