Leviticus 24:9:4Lev.24.9.W4TAB
וַאֲכָלֻ֖הוּ
vaahkhaluhoo
“{And} they shall eat it”
- Transliteration
- va-ah-kha-LU-hoo
- Extended
- vah-ah-kha-LOO-hoo
- IPA
- /va.ʔă.ħaˈluː.hu/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they shall eat it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ah-kha-LU-hoo
- clause
ve-hah-yeh-TAH le-ah-ha-RON oo-leh-vah-NAW va-ah-kha-LU-hoo be-ma-KOM ka-DOSH
- sentence
ve-hah-yeh-TAH le-ah-ha-RON oo-leh-vah-NAW va-ah-kha-LU-hoo be-ma-KOM ka-DOSH KI KO-desh ka-da-SHEEM HU LO meh-ISH-SHEH Ye-ho-VAH khok-o-LAM
Exegesis
The beneficiary phrase le’aharōn ūlevanāv {לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו | lə-’a-hă-rōn ū-lə-vā-nāw} ‘for Aaron and his sons’ designates the recipients of the offering, while the subsequent vav-consecutive perfect in va’ăkhalū-hu {וַאֲכָלֻהוּ | wa-’ă-khā-lū-hū} ‘and they shall eat it’ sets forth the priestly action.
In context — Leviticus 24:9
And it shall be for Aaron and for his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, for it is Kodesh Kodashim to him from the fire offerings of the LORD , a perpetual statute.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 24:9, so the Hebrew word וַאֲכָלֻ֖הוּ (vaahkhaluhoo) 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.24.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.9.W4.S1) and character.