Leviticus 24:3:14Lev.24.3.W14TAB
חֻקַּ֥ת
khukkat
“statute”
- Transliteration
- khuk-KAT
- Extended
- khook-KAHT
- IPA
- /ħu.ˈqaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- statute
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
khuk-KAT
- phraseyour reading level
khuk-KAT o-LAM
- clause
khuk-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TEI-khem
- sentence
mi-KHUTS leh-fa-RO-khet ha-e-DUT be-O-hel mo-ED ya-a-ROKH o-TO a-ha-RON me-E-rev ad-BO-ker lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ta-MID khuk-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TEI-khem
Exegesis
The final construct ḥuq·qāṯ ʿō·lām lə-dōrōṯêkhem {חֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם | ḥuq·qāṯ ʿō·lām lə·dō·rō·ṯê·khem} ‘statute everlasting for your generations’ presents the conclusion as a perpetual ordinance. The Hebrew ordering of locative and temporal phrases foregrounds ritual sequencing, which is mirrored in English word order to maintain clarity in liturgical instruction.
Root and etymology
ḥ-q-qḥ–q–q
“to prescribe”
In context — Leviticus 24:3
Outside the curtain of the testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it from evening until morning before the LORD continually. This is a perpetual statute for your generations.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 24:3, so the Hebrew word חֻקַּ֥ת (khukkat) 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.24.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.3.W14.S1) and character.