Numbers 19:8:6Num.19.8.W6TAB
וְרָחַ֥ץ
verakhats
“and shall bathe”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-KHATS
- Extended
- veh-ra-KHATS
- IPA
- /vɛraˈħats/
Meaning by language
- English
- and shall bathe
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ra-KHATS
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO
- clause
ve-ha-SO-ref o-TAH ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ba-MA-yim ve-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO ba-MA-yim
- sentence
ve-ha-SO-ref o-TAH ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ba-MA-yim ve-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The sequence of vav-conjoined perfect verbs verachatz {וְרָחַ֥ץ | wə-rā-ḥaṣ} ‘and he shall bathe’ and vetame {וְטָמֵ֖א | wə-ṭāmêʾ} ‘and he shall be unclean’ outlines the ritual steps.
In context — Numbers 19:8
And the one who burns it must wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water, and he will be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 19:8, so the Hebrew word וְרָחַ֥ץ (verakhats) 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.19.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.8.W6.S1) and character.