Leviticus 27:13:5Lev.27.13.W5TAB
עַל־עֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃
alehrkehkha
“upon your valuation”
- Transliteration
- al-ehr-KEH-kha
- Extended
- al-ehr-KEH-kha
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕɛrˈkɛ.xa/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon your valuation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ehr-KEH-kha
- clause
veh-yah-SAF khah-mee-shee-TO al-ehr-KEH-kha
- sentence
veh-ihm-ga-OL yig-a-LE-na veh-yah-SAF khah-mee-shee-TO al-ehr-KEH-kha
Exegesis
The construct chain chamishito {חֲמִישִׁת֖וֹ | ḥămišittô} ‘its fifth part’ linked by the preposition al {עַל | ʿal} ‘upon’ to the valuation expresses the precise legal requirement. This conditional-then-result pattern mirrors Hebrew legal clauses, linking redemption to the financial obligation.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-kayin-resh-kaf
“value, estimation”
In context — Leviticus 27:13
And if he redeems it, then he shall add a fifth of its value upon your valuation .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 27:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 27:13, so the Hebrew word עַל־עֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃ (alehrkehkha) 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.27.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.27.13.W5.S1) and character.