Leviticus 24:11:5Lev.24.11.W5TAB
וַיְקַלֵּ֔ל
vayekalel
“cursed”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ka-LEL
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kal-LEHL
- IPA
- /vaj.jə.qal.ˈleːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- cursed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-ka-LEL
- clause
va-yik-KOV ben-hah-ee-SHAH ha-yis-reh-eh-LEET et-ha-SHEM va-ye-ka-LEL va-ya-vi-U oh-TO el-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yik-KOV ben-hah-ee-SHAH ha-yis-reh-eh-LEET et-ha-SHEM va-ye-ka-LEL va-ya-vi-U oh-TO el-mo-SHEH ve-SHEM im-MO she-lo-MEET bat-div-REE leh-mah-teh-DAN
Exegesis
The following verb vayeqalel {וַיְקַלֵּ֔ל | vayyəqalel} ‘and he cursed,’ in the Piel stem, intensifies the act against the sacred Name.
Root and etymology
ק־ל־ל
“to curse, treat lightly”
In context — Leviticus 24:11
And the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed, and they brought him to Moses . The name of his mother was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 24:11, so the Hebrew word וַיְקַלֵּ֔ל (vayekalel) 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.24.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.11.W5.S1) and character.