Leviticus 14:16:9Lev.14.16.W9TAB
וְהִזָּ֨ה
vehhizzah
“sprinkle”
- Transliteration
- veh-hiz-ZAH
- Extended
- veh-hiz-ZAAH
- IPA
- /və.hizˈzaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- sprinkle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-hiz-ZAH
- 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
Rootn-z-h
“to sprinkle or spatter”
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 14:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 14:16, so the Hebrew word וְהִזָּ֨ה (vehhizzah) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.16.W9.S1) and character.