Leviticus 14:16:11Lev.14.16.W11TAB
בְּאֶצְבָּע֛וֹ
behetsbao
“with his finger”
- Transliteration
- beh-ets-BA-o
- Extended
- beh-ets-BAA-oh
- IPA
- /bə.ʔɛtsˈbaː.ʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with his finger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
beh-ets-BA-o
- phraseyour reading level
veh-hiz-ZAH mihn-hah-SHE-men beh-ets-BA-o
- clause
veh-hiz-ZAH mihn-hah-SHE-men beh-ets-BA-o SHE-va pe-a-MEEM lihf-NEE Yeh-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-ta-VAL hah-koh-HEN et-ets-BA-o ye-ma-NEET mihn-hah-SHE-men a-SHER al-ka-PO ha-se-ma-LEET veh-hiz-ZAH mihn-hah-SHE-men beh-ets-BA-o SHE-va pe-a-MEEM lihf-NEE Yeh-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A second vav consecutive introduces vehizza {וְהִזָּה | wə-hiz-zāh} ‘and he sprinkled’, followed by min ha-shemen and the instrumental beetsba’o {בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ | bə-’eṣbə-’āw} ‘with his finger’.
Root and etymology
צ־ב־עts-b-‘
“finger”
In context — Leviticus 14:16
Then the priest will dip his right finger into the oil on his left palm, and with his finger he will sprinkle the oil seven times before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 14:16, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶצְבָּע֛וֹ (behetsbao) 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 Lev.14.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.16.W11.S1) and character.