Exodus 13:16:2Exod.13.16.W2TAB
לְאוֹת֙
leot
“for a sign”
- Transliteration
- le-OT
- Extended
- leh-OHT
- IPA
- /lə.ˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a sign
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-OT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA le-OT
- clause
ve-ha-YA le-OT al-yad-KHA u-le-to-ta-FOT BEIN ei-NE-kha
- sentence
ve-ha-YA le-OT al-yad-KHA u-le-to-ta-FOT BEIN ei-NE-kha KI be-KHO-zek YAD ho-tsi-A-nu Ye-ho-VAH mi-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The noun le-ot {לְאוֹת֙ | lə-ʾôt} ‘for a sign’ is specified by al yadkha {עַל־יָ֣דְכָ֔ה | ʿal yāḏ-khā} ‘upon your hand,’ marking the hand as a covenant emblem.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–vav–tav
“sign, token”
In context — Exodus 13:16
And it shall be for a sign upon your hand and for frontlets between your eyes, because by a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt .
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 13:16, so the Hebrew word לְאוֹת֙ (leot) 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 Exod.13.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.16.W2.S1) and character.