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

Result
כְּ + לִ֣י
ke + lee
kelee

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-LEE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ke-LEE fa-TU-akh

  3. clause

    ve-KOL ke-LEE fa-TU-akh a-SHER EIN-tsa-MID pa-TIL a-LAV

  4. 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 contextNumbers 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.