Leviticus 18:16:5Lev.18.16.W5PAT

עֶרְוַ֥ת

ervat

the nakedness

Transliteration
er-VAT
Extended
ehr-VAHT
IPA
/ʕɛrˈvat/

Meaning by language

English
the nakedness
French
la nudité
Spanish
la desnudez
Portuguese
a nudez
German
Nacktheit
Russian
нагота
Arabic-Simplified
العُريّ
Hindi
नग्नता
Chinese-Simplified
赤裸
Korean
벌거벗음
Indonesian
ketelanjangan
Bengali
নগ্নতা
Tagalog
kahubaran
Swahili
utupu
Amharic
ራቁትነት
Yoruba
ìhòòhò
Igbo
ịgba ọtọ
Twi
adagyaw
Ewe
ŋuɖeɖe

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Result
עֶרְ + וַ֥ת
er + vat
ervat

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    er-VAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    er-VAT a-KHI-kha

  3. clause

    er-VAT a-KHI-kha hi-U

  4. sentence

    er-VAT e-SHET-a-KHI-kha LO te-gal-LEH er-VAT a-KHI-kha hi-U

In contextLeviticus 18:16

not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife the nakedness of your brother it is

About this coordinate

Leviticus 18:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 18:16, so the Hebrew word עֶרְוַ֥ת (ervat) 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.18.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.16.W5.S1) and character.