Numbers 18:23:10Num.18.23.W10TAB
חֻקַּ֤ת
khukat
“a statute”
- Transliteration
- khu-KAT
- Extended
- khu-KAHT
- IPA
- /ħuˈqat/
Meaning by language
- English
- a statute
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khu-KAT
- phraseyour reading level
khu-KAT o-LAM
- clause
khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TEI-khem uv-to-KH be-NEI yis-ra-EL LO yin-cha-LU na-cha-LA
- sentence
ve-a-VAD ha-lei-VI HU et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED ve-HEM yis-U a-vo-NAM khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TEI-khem uv-to-KH be-NEI yis-ra-EL LO yin-cha-LU na-cha-LA
Exegesis
The legal formula chukat olam {חֻקַּת עוֹלָם | ḥū-qaṯ ʿō-lām} ‘statute of everlasting’ paired with ledoroteichem {לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם | lə-dô-rō-ṯê-ḵem} ‘for your generations’ establishes a perpetual ordinance.
Root and etymology
ח־ק־ק
“decree, enactment”
In context — Numbers 18:23
But the Levite —he himself—shall carry out the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their guilt. This is an everlasting statute for your generations. And among the sons of Israel they shall not inherit an inheritance.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:23:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 18:23, so the Hebrew word חֻקַּ֤ת (khukat) 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.18.23.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.23.W10.S1) and character.