Judges 21:4:8Judg.21.4.W8TAB
עֹל֖וֹת
olot
“burnt offerings”
- Transliteration
- o-LOT
- Extended
- oh-LOHT
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- burnt offerings
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
o-LOT
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-LU o-LOT
- clause
va-ya-a-LU o-LOT u-she-la-MIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kho-RAT va-yash-ki-MU ha-AM va-yiv-NU-SHAM miz-BE-akh va-ya-a-LU o-LOT u-she-la-MIM
Exegesis
Vayaʿalu {וַיַּעֲלּוּ | wayyaʿălû} ‘they offered up’ governs the coordinated nouns olot {עֹלוֹת | ʿôlôṯ} ‘burnt offerings’ and shelamim {שְׁלָמִים | šəlāmîm} ‘peace offerings’, reflecting the ritual sequence. The chain of vav-consecutives creates a cohesive progression rendered in English through coordinated clauses.
Root and etymology
ע־ל־ה
“to ascend”
In context — Judges 21:4
And it happened on the next day that the people rose early, and they built an altar there, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings .
About this coordinate
Judges 21:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 21:4, so the Hebrew word עֹל֖וֹת (olot) 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 Judg.21.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.4.W8.S1) and character.