Leviticus 23:41:1Lev.23.41.W1TAB
וְחַגֹּתֶ֤ם
vekhagotem
“celebrate”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-go-TEM
- Extended
- veh-kha-goh-TEHM
- IPA
- /və.xa.ɡoˈθɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- celebrate
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-kha-go-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-kha-go-TEM o-TO
- clause
ve-kha-go-TEM o-TO KHAG la-ye-ho-VAH shiv-AT ya-MIM ba-sha-NA
- sentence
ve-kha-go-TEM o-TO KHAG la-ye-ho-VAH shiv-AT ya-MIM ba-sha-NA khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TEE-khem ba-KHO-desh hash-she-vee-EE ta-KHO-gu o-TO
Exegesis
The opening vav links this command to earlier festival prescriptions, with vechaggotem {וְחַגֹּתֶם | wə-ḥag-ṯêm} ‘and you shall celebrate’ marking a sequenced imperative.
Root and etymology
Rootchet-gimel-gimel
“circle, keep festival”
In context — Leviticus 23:41
And you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD for seven days in the year; it is a perpetual statute for your generations. In the seventh month you shall celebrate it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:41:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 23:41, so the Hebrew word וְחַגֹּתֶ֤ם (vekhagotem) 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.23.41.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.41.W1.S1) and character.