Numbers 19:3:9Num.19.3.W9TAB
וְשָׁחַ֥ט
veshakhat
“and shall slaughter”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-KHAT
- Extended
- veh-shah-KHAT
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and shall slaughter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
ve-sha-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-KHAT o-TAH
- clause
ve-ho-tsi o-TAH el-mi-KHUTS la-ma-ha-NEH ve-sha-KHAT o-TAH le-fa-NAV
- sentence
u-ne-ta-TEM o-TAH el-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-ho-tsi o-TAH el-mi-KHUTS la-ma-ha-NEH ve-sha-KHAT o-TAH le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
Finally, veshachat {וְשָׁחַט | wəšāḥaṭ} “and he shall slaughter” followed by lefanav {לְפָנָיו | ləpānāw} “before him” frames the act under the priest’s oversight, underscoring controlled execution of the purification rite.
Root and etymology
shin–chet–tetshin–chet–tet
“to slaughter, kill for sacrifice”
In context — Numbers 19:3
And you shall give her to Eleazar the priest , and he shall bring her outside the camp, and he shall slaughter her before him .
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 19:3, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁחַ֥ט (veshakhat) 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.19.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.3.W9.S1) and character.