Exodus 22:27:4Exod.22.27.W4TABWLC Exodus 22:26
לְבַדָּ֔הּ
levadah
“alone”
- Transliteration
- le-va-DAH
- Extended
- leh-vahd-DAAH
- IPA
- /lə.vad.ˈdaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- alone
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-va-DAH
- clause
KI HIW ke-suu-TO le-va-DAH HIW sim-la-TO le-o-RO
- sentence
KI HIW ke-suu-TO le-va-DAH HIW sim-la-TO le-o-RO ba-MEH yish-KAV ve-ha-YAH ki-yits-AK e-LAI ve-sha-ma-TI ki-khan-NUN a-NI
Exegesis
The pronoun hi {הִוא | hîʾ} ‘it’ refers first to kesuto {כְּסוּתוֹ | kə-sû-tô} ‘garment’ and then to simlato {שִׂמְלָתוֹ | sîm-lâ-tô} ‘cloak’, with levadah {לְבַדָּהּ | lə-va-dāh} ‘alone to it’ underscoring exclusivity.
In context — Exodus 22:27
For it is his only covering; it is his cloak for his skin—what else will he sleep in? And it shall be that when he cries out to Me , I will hear, for I am gracious .
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 22:27, so the Hebrew word לְבַדָּ֔הּ (levadah) 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.22.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.27.W4.S1) and character.