Leviticus 16:15:1Lev.16.15.W1PAT

וְשָׁחַ֞ט

veshakhat

slaughter

Transliteration
ve-sha-KHAT
Extended
veh-sha-KHAT
IPA
/və.ʃaˈħat/

Meaning by language

English
slaughter
French
égorger
Spanish
degollar
Portuguese
degolar
German
schlachten
Russian
заколоть
Arabic-Simplified
ذبح
Hindi
वध करना
Chinese-Simplified
宰杀
Korean
도살하다
Indonesian
menyembelih
Bengali
বলি করা
Tagalog
katayin
Swahili
kuchinja
Amharic
ማረድ
Yoruba
pa
Igbo
gbuo
Twi
kum
Ewe
gbã

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Result
וְ + שָׁ + חַ֞ט
ve + sha + khat
veshakhat

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tett — emphatic

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-sha-KHAT

  2. clause

    ve-sha-KHAT et-se-IR ha-khat-TAT a-SHER la-AM ve-he-VI et-da-MO el-mib-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet

  3. sentence

    ve-sha-KHAT et-se-IR ha-khat-TAT a-SHER la-AM ve-he-VI et-da-MO el-mib-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet ve-a-SA et-da-MO ka-a-SHER a-SA le-DAM ha-PAR ve-hiz-ZA o-TO al-ha-ka-PO-ret ve-lif-NEI ha-ka-PO-ret

In contextLeviticus 16:15

slaughter goat the sin offering that for the people bring its blood inside the veil do its blood as do blood of the bull sprinkle it upon the mercy seat before the mercy seat

About this coordinate

Leviticus 16:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 16:15, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁחַ֞ט (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 Lev.16.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.15.W1.S1) and character.