Numbers 19:10:14Num.19.10.W14TAB
לְחֻקַּ֥ת
lekhukat
“as a statute”
- Transliteration
- le-khu-KAT
- Extended
- leh-khu-KAHT
- IPA
- /ləħuˈqat/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a statute
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
le-khu-KAT
- phraseyour reading level
le-khu-KAT o-LAM
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TAH liv-NEY yis-ra-EL ve-la-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM le-khu-KAT o-LAM
- sentence
ve-ki-BES ha-o-SEF et-E-FER ha-pa-RA et-be-ga-DAV ve-ta-MEY ad-ha-AH-rev ve-ha-ye-TAH liv-NEY yis-ra-EL ve-la-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM le-khu-KAT o-LAM
Exegesis
The clause ve-ha-yetah li-v'nei yisra'el ve-la-ger ha-gēr be-to-kham le-ḥuqat 'ôlam {וְהָיְתָה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלַגֵּר הַגָּר בְּתוֹכָם לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם | wə-hā-ye-tā li-v'nei yiś-rā-ˀēl wə-la-gēr hā-gēr bə-to-ḥam lə-ḥu-qat 'ō-lam} states the law’s enduring scope. The parallelism of “sons of Israel” and “sojourner” reinforces inclusivity, and the construct chain le-ḥuqat 'ôlam signifies legal permanence. English rendering separates the cleansing action, impurity consequence, and perpetual ordinance to mirror Hebrew syntactic order.
Root and etymology
ḥ-q-qChet-Qof-Qof
“to inscribe, decree”
In context — Numbers 19:10
And the one who gathers the ashes of the cow shall wash his garments, and he shall be unclean until the evening. It shall be for the sons of Israel and for the sojourner who sojourns among them as an everlasting statute .
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 19:10, so the Hebrew word לְחֻקַּ֥ת (lekhukat) 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.19.10.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.10.W14.S1) and character.