Numbers 15:8:1Num.15.8.W1TAB
וְכִֽי־תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה
vekhitaaseh
“And when you make”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHI-ta-a-SEH
- Extended
- veh-KHEE-tah-ah-SEH
- IPA
- /vəxiː.ta.ʕaˈseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And when you make
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHI-ta-a-SEH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHI-ta-a-SEH ven-ba-KAR
- clause
ve-KHI-ta-a-SEH ven-ba-KAR o-LAH o-za-VAkh
- sentence
ve-KHI-ta-a-SEH ven-ba-KAR o-LAH o-za-VAkh le-pal-LE-ne-der o-shle-MIM la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The instruction opens with the conditional particle we-ki {וְכִֽי | wə-ḵî} ‘and when,’ introducing the contingency.
The verb taseh {תַעֲשֶׂה | taʿăśeh} ‘you do’ directly addresses the offerer.
Root and etymology
ʿ-s-hayin-shin-heh
“to do, make”
In context — Numbers 15:8
And when you present a young bull as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as peace offerings to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:8, so the Hebrew word וְכִֽי־תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה (vekhitaaseh) 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.15.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.8.W1.S1) and character.