Leviticus 23:20:1Lev.23.20.W1TAB
וְהֵנִ֣יף
vehenif
“{And He} shall wave”
- Transliteration
- ve-he-NIF
- Extended
- veh-heh-NEEF
- IPA
- /vəheˈniːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} shall wave
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-he-NIF
- phraseyour reading level
ve-he-NIF ha-ko-HEN o-TAM
- clause
ve-he-NIF ha-ko-HEN o-TAM AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-SHNEI ke-va-SIM
- sentence
ve-he-NIF ha-ko-HEN o-TAM AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-SHNEI ke-va-SIM KO-desh yih-YU la-ye-ho-VAH la-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive Hiphil verb vehenif {וְהֵנִ֣יף | wə-hê-nîp̄} ‘and he shall wave’, marking a commanded ritual action by the priest hakkohen {הַכֹּהֵ֣ן | hakkôhēn}.
Root and etymology
נ־ו־ף
“to wave, move to and fro”
In context — Leviticus 23:20
And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits, with the two lambs, before the LORD as a wave offering. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 23:20, so the Hebrew word וְהֵנִ֣יף (vehenif) 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.23.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.20.W1.S1) and character.