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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
עֶרְ + וַ֥ת
↓
er + vat
↓
ervat
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
er-VAT
- phraseyour reading level
er-VAT a-KHI-kha
- clause
er-VAT a-KHI-kha hi-U
- sentence
er-VAT e-SHET-a-KHI-kha LO te-gal-LEH er-VAT a-KHI-kha hi-U
In context — Leviticus 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.