Leviticus 23:40:12Lev.23.40.W12TAB
וְעַרְבֵי־נָ֑חַל
veharvaynahkhal
“and willows of the brook”
- Transliteration
- veh-ar-vay-NAH-khal
- Extended
- veh-ar-vay-NAA-khal
- IPA
- /vəʕarˈvej.naːχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and willows of the brook
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
veh-ar-vay-NAH-khal
- clause
oo-leh-KAKH-TEM lah-KHEM ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON pe-REE ETS ha-DAR ka-POT te-ma-REEM va-a-NAF ETS-ah-VOT veh-ar-vay-NAH-khal
- sentence
oo-leh-KAKH-TEM lah-KHEM ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON pe-REE ETS ha-DAR ka-POT te-ma-REEM va-a-NAF ETS-ah-VOT veh-ar-vay-NAH-khal oo-se-MAKH-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM shiv-AT ya-MEEM
Exegesis
The subsequent coordinated list pri ets ha-dar {פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר | pə-rî ʿêṣ hā-dār}, kappot te-mārim {כַּפֹּת תְּמָרִים | kap-pôt tə-mā-rîm}, va-ʿanaf ets-ʿā-ḇōṯ {וַעֲנַף עֵץ־עָבֹת | va-ʿă-naf ʿêṣ-ʿā-ḇōṯ}, and wə-ʿar-vê-nā-ḥāl {וְעַרְבֵי־נָחַל | wə-ʿar-vê-nā-ḥāl} forms a meristic enumeration of festival flora.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-bayin-resh-bet
“evening”
In context — Leviticus 23:40
And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of a beautiful tree , branches of palm trees, a bough of thick-leaved tree, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:40:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 23:40, so the Hebrew word וְעַרְבֵי־נָ֑חַל (veharvaynahkhal) 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.23.40.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.40.W12.S1) and character.