Deuteronomy 19:15:5Deut.19.15.W5TAB
לְכָל־עָוֺן֙
lekholavon
“for any guilt”
- Transliteration
- le-KHOL-a-VON
- Extended
- leh-KHOL-ah-VOHN
- IPA
- /lɛxol.ʕaˈvon/
Meaning by language
- English
- for any guilt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHOL-a-VON
- clause
LO-ya-KUM ED e-KHAD be-ISH le-KHOL-a-VON u-le-KHOL-khat-TAT be-KHOL-KHET a-sher ye-khe-TA
- sentence
LO-ya-KUM ED e-KHAD be-ISH le-KHOL-a-VON u-le-KHOL-khat-TAT be-KHOL-KHET a-sher ye-khe-TA al-PI she-NEI e-DEEM O al-PI she-lo-SHA-e-DEEM ya-KUM da-VAR
Exegesis
The triple parallelism in le-kol avon {לְכָל-עָוֺן | lə-ḵol ʿāwōn} ‘for any iniquity’, u-le-kol chat-tat {וּלְכָל-חַטָּאת | ū-lə-ḵol ḥaṭṭā’t} ‘and for any sin’, and be-kol chet {בְּכָל-חֵטְא | bə-ḵal ḥēṭʾ} ‘in any crime’ employs merismus to encompass all offenses.
Root and etymology
ʿ-w-nʿayin–waw–nun
“iniquity, guilt”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:15
A single witness shall not stand against a person for any iniquity or for any sin, concerning any offense which he may commit; a matter shall be established by the testimony of two witnesses or by the testimony of three witnesses.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 19:15, so the Hebrew word לְכָל־עָוֺן֙ (lekholavon) 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 Deut.19.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.15.W5.S1) and character.