Leviticus 23:16:8Lev.23.16.W8TAB
וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֛ם
vehhikravtem
“present”
- Transliteration
- veh-hik-rav-TEM
- Extended
- veh-hik-rav-TEM
- IPA
- /vəhiqravˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- present
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-hik-rav-TEM
- clause
veh-hik-rav-TEM min-KHA kha-da-SHA la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
AD mim-MOH-kho-RAT ha-sha-BAT ha-she-vee-EET tihs-pe-RU kha-mih-SHEEM YOM veh-hik-rav-TEM min-KHA kha-da-SHA la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive ve-hikravtem {וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם | wəhiqrəḇtəm} ‘and you shall bring near’ signals a sequential shift to sacrificial action.
In context — Leviticus 23:16
Until the day after the seventh Sabbath, you shall count fifty days; then you shall present a new offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 23:16, so the Hebrew word וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֛ם (vehhikravtem) 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.23.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.16.W8.S1) and character.