Numbers 18:11:1Num.18.11.W1TAB
וְזֶה־לְּךָ֞
vezelekha
“and this is for you”
- Transliteration
- ve-ZE-le-KHA
- Extended
- veh-ZEH-leh-KHAH
- IPA
- /vəˈze.lːəˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and this is for you
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ve-ZE-le-KHA
- clause
ve-ZE-le-KHA te-ru-MAT ma-ta-NAM le-KHOL-te-nu-FOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-KHA ne-ta-TIM u-le-va-NE-kha ve-liv-no-TE-kha it-KHA le-KHAK-o-LAM
- sentence
ve-ZE-le-KHA te-ru-MAT ma-ta-NAM le-KHOL-te-nu-FOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-KHA ne-ta-TIM u-le-va-NE-kha ve-liv-no-TE-kha it-KHA le-KHAK-o-LAM KOL-ta-HOR be-VEIT-kha yo-a-KHAL o-TO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the demonstrative clause ve-zeh lecha {וְזֶה־לְךָ | wə-zēh lə-kā} ‘and this is for you’, functioning as a transitional indicator introducing the priestly allocation formula.
Root and etymology
l-klamed-kaph
“for you”
In context — Numbers 18:11
And this is for you: the portion from their gifts for all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel. To you I have given them, and to your sons and to your daughters who are with you, as a perpetual statute . Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 18:11, so the Hebrew word וְזֶה־לְּךָ֞ (vezelekha) 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.18.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.11.W1.S1) and character.