Numbers 19:12:2Num.19.12.W2TAB
יִתְחַטָּא־ב֞וֹ
yitkhattabo
“shall cleanse himself in it”
- Transliteration
- yit-khat-TA-BO
- Extended
- yit-khat-TAH-BOH
- IPA
- /jitħatˈtaː.boː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall cleanse himself in it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yit-khat-TA-BO
- phraseyour reading level
HU yit-khat-TA-BO
- clause
HU yit-khat-TA-BO ba-YOM hash-li-SHI u-va-YOM hash-vi-I yit-HAR
- sentence
HU yit-khat-TA-BO ba-YOM hash-li-SHI u-va-YOM hash-vi-I yit-HAR ve-IM-LO yit-khat-TA ba-YOM hash-li-SHI u-va-YOM hash-vi-I LO yit-HAR
Exegesis
The verse employs the reflexive Hithpael stem of yiṯ-ḥaṭ-ṭāʾ-bō {יִתְחַטָּא־ב֞וֹ | yiṯ-ḥaṭ-ṭāʾ-bō} to emphasize the subject’s active role in purification.
Root and etymology
ח־ט־א
“to sin, purify”
In context — Numbers 19:12
He shall purify himself with it on the third day and on the seventh day, and he shall be clean ; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he shall not be clean.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 19:12, so the Hebrew word יִתְחַטָּא־ב֞וֹ (yitkhattabo) 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.19.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.12.W2.S1) and character.