Numbers 19:15:2Num.19.15.W2TAB
כְּלִ֣י
kelee
“vessel”
- Transliteration
- ke-LEE
- Extended
- keh-LEE
- IPA
- /kəˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- vessel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-LEE
- phraseyour reading level
ke-LEE fa-TU-akh
- clause
ve-KOL ke-LEE fa-TU-akh a-SHER EIN-tsa-MID pa-TIL a-LAV
- sentence
ve-KOL ke-LEE fa-TU-akh a-SHER EIN-tsa-MID pa-TIL a-LAV ta-ME HU
Exegesis
The verse opens with the universal quantifier ve-khol {וְכֹל | və-ḵôl} ‘and every’, modifying the noun keli {כְּלִי | kə-lî} ‘vessel’ and specifying the class of objects.
Root and etymology
Rootk-l-y
“vessel, implement”
In context — Numbers 19:15
And every open vessel which has no covering fastened upon it is unclean .
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 19:15, so the Hebrew word כְּלִ֣י (kelee) 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.19.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.15.W2.S1) and character.