Leviticus 23:6:1Lev.23.6.W1TAB
וּבַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה
uvakhamishah
“and on the”
- Transliteration
- u-va-kha-mi-SHAH
- Extended
- oo-vah-khah-mi-SHAAH
- IPA
- /uː.va.ħă.miˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-va-kha-mi-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
u-va-kha-mi-SHAH a-SAR YOM
- clause
u-va-kha-mi-SHAH a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh ha-ZEH KHAG ha-mat-TSOT la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
u-va-kha-mi-SHAH a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh ha-ZEH KHAG ha-mat-TSOT la-ye-ho-VAH shiv-AT ya-MIM mat-TSOT to-khe-LU
Exegesis
The opening temporal adjunct uva-chamishah asar yom {וּבַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר יוֹם֙ | û-ḇa-ḥa-mi-ššāh ʿā-ṣār yôm} marks “and on the fifteenth day” by combining conjunction vav and preposition bet with the cardinal numeral phrase.
Root and etymology
m-š-hMem, Shin, Heh
“to draw out”
In context — Leviticus 23:6
And on the fifteenth day of this month the Festival of Unleavened Breads is for the LORD ; for seven days you shall eat unleavened breads.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 23:6, so the Hebrew word וּבַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה (uvakhamishah) 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.23.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.6.W1.S1) and character.