Leviticus 23:43:5Lev.23.43.W5TAB
בַסֻּכּ֗וֹת
vasookoht
“in booths”
- Transliteration
- va-SOO-KOHT
- Extended
- vah-SOO-KOHT
- IPA
- /va.suˈkoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- in booths
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
va-SOO-KOHT
- phraseyour reading level
KI va-SOO-KOHT
- clause
le-ma-AN ye-DE-OO do-ro-TEE-khem KI va-SOO-KOHT ho-shav-TI et-be-NEE yis-ra-EL be-ho-tsi-I o-TAM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
le-ma-AN ye-DE-OO do-ro-TEE-khem KI va-SOO-KOHT ho-shav-TI et-be-NEE yis-ra-EL be-ho-tsi-I o-TAM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-khem
Exegesis
The locative basukkot {בַּסֻּכּוֹת | ba-suk-kōṯ} ‘in booths’ precedes hoshavti {הוֹשַׁבְתִּי | hō-šav-tî} ‘I caused to dwell,’ underscoring divine placement.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh-kaf-kaf
“to cover, shelter”
In context — Leviticus 23:43
So that your generations may know that I caused the sons of Israel to dwell in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:43:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 23:43, so the Hebrew word בַסֻּכּ֗וֹת (vasookoht) 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.23.43.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.43.W5.S1) and character.