Leviticus 4:32:1Lev.4.32.W1TAB
וְאִם־כֶּ֛בֶשׂ
veimkeves
“And if a lamb”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-KE-ves
- Extended
- veh-ihm-KEH-ves
- IPA
- /wə.ʔim.ˈkɛ.vɛs/
Meaning by language
- English
- And if a lamb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-im-KE-ves
- clause
ve-im-KE-ves ya-VEE kor-ba-NO le-khat-TAT
- sentence
ve-im-KE-ves ya-VEE kor-ba-NO le-khat-TAT ne-ke-VA te-MEE-MAA ye-VEE-EN-na
Exegesis
The verse opens with ve’im {וְאִם־ | wə-ʾim} forming the protasis of a conditional clause, followed by the Hiphil imperfect yavi {יָבִיא | yā-ḇîʾ} in verb–subject order to introduce the apodosis.
Root and etymology
כ־ב־שׂ
“young sheep”
In context — Leviticus 4:32
And if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering , he shall bring a female unblemished .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 4:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 4:32, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־כֶּ֛בֶשׂ (veimkeves) 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.4.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.4.32.W1.S1) and character.