Leviticus 27:3:2Lev.27.3.W2TAB
עֶרְכְּךָ֙
erkekha
“your valuation of”
- Transliteration
- er-ke-KHA
- Extended
- ehr-keh-KHAH
- IPA
- /ʕɛr.kəˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your valuation of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
er-ke-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA er-ke-KHA
- clause
ve-ha-YA er-ke-KHA ha-za-KHAR mi-BEN es-RIM sha-NA ve-AD ben-shish-SHEEM sha-NA
- sentence
ve-ha-YA er-ke-KHA ha-za-KHAR mi-BEN es-RIM sha-NA ve-AD ben-shish-SHEEM sha-NA ve-ha-YA er-ke-KHA kha-mi-SHIM SHE-kel KE-sef be-SHE-kel ha-KO-desh
Exegesis
The subject phrase erkekha {עֶרְכְּךָ֙ | ʿe-rə̀k-kə-khā} ‘your valuation’ in construct with a second-person suffix frames the regulation.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-kayin-resh-kaf
“to arrange, value, estimate”
In context — Leviticus 27:3
And your valuation shall be for the male aged twenty up to sixty years; your valuation shall be fifty silver shekels by the sanctuary shekel .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 27:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 27:3, so the Hebrew word עֶרְכְּךָ֙ (erkekha) 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.27.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.27.3.W2.S1) and character.