Exodus 22:27:7Exod.22.27.W7TABWLC Exodus 22:26
לְעֹר֑וֹ
leoro
“for his skin”
- Transliteration
- le-o-RO
- Extended
- leh-oh-ROH
- IPA
- /lə.ʕo.ˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for his skin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
le-o-RO
- 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 prepositional leoro {לְעֹרוֹ | lə-ʿô-rō} ‘for his skin’ emphasizes protective purpose.
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 22:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 22:27, so the Hebrew word לְעֹר֑וֹ (leoro) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.27.W7.S1) and character.