Numbers 15:27:5Num.15.27.W5TAB
וְהִקְרִ֛יבָה
vehikrivah
“then she shall bring near”
- Transliteration
- ve-hik-ri-VAH
- Extended
- veh-hik-ree-VAH
- IPA
- /vəhiqriˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- then she shall bring near
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hik-ri-VAH
- clause
ve-hik-ri-VAH EZ bat-shna-TAH le-kha-TAT
- sentence
ve-IM-NE-fesh a-KHAT te-khe-TA bish-ga-GAH ve-hik-ri-VAH EZ bat-shna-TAH le-kha-TAT
Exegesis
The apodosis is introduced by the vav-consecutive in vehikrivah {וְהִקְרִ֛יבָה | wə-hik-ri-váh} ‘and shall bring near’.
In context — Numbers 15:27
And if a soul sins unintentionally, then that person shall bring near a female goat a year old for a sin offering .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 15:27, so the Hebrew word וְהִקְרִ֛יבָה (vehikrivah) 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 Num.15.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.27.W5.S1) and character.