Numbers 8:7:12Num.8.7.W12TAB
וְהִטֶּהָֽרוּ׃
vehitteharu
“and they shall cleanse themselves”
- Transliteration
- ve-hit-te-HARU
- Extended
- veh-hit-teh-HAH-ROO
- IPA
- /vəhit.teˈhaːru/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall cleanse themselves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hit-te-HARU
- clause
ve-he-e-vi-RU TA-ar al-KOL-be-sa-RAM ve-khib-SU big-de-HEM ve-hit-te-HARU
- sentence
ve-KHO-ta-a-SEH la-HEM le-ta-ha-RAM ha-ZEH a-lei-HEM mei kha-TAT ve-he-e-vi-RU TA-ar al-KOL-be-sa-RAM ve-khib-SU big-de-HEM ve-hit-te-HARU
Exegesis
Finally, the hitpaʿel perfect wə-hit-ṭā-hā-rû {וְהִטֶּהָרוּ | wə-hit-ṭā-hā-rû} ‘and they shall purify themselves’ completes the sequence.
Root and etymology
ט־ה־ר
“to be clean; to cleanse”
In context — Numbers 8:7
And this is what you shall do to them for their purification: Sprinkle this water of purification upon them, and let them pass a razor over all their flesh. Then they shall wash their garments and purify themselves.
About this coordinate
Numbers 8:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 8:7, so the Hebrew word וְהִטֶּהָֽרוּ׃ (vehitteharu) 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.8.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.8.7.W12.S1) and character.