Leviticus 14:17:4Lev.14.17.W4TAB
עַל־כַּפּ֗וֹ
alkappo
“on his palm”
- Transliteration
- al-kap-PO
- Extended
- ahl-kahp-POH
- IPA
- /ʕal.kapˈpoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on his palm
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
al-kap-PO
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER al-kap-PO
- clause
oo-mi-YEH-ter ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-kap-PO yi-TEN ha-ko-HEN al-te-NUKH O-zen ha-mi-ta-HER ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen ya-DO ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen rag-LO ha-ye-ma-NIT
- sentence
oo-mi-YEH-ter ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-kap-PO yi-TEN ha-ko-HEN al-te-NUKH O-zen ha-mi-ta-HER ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen ya-DO ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen rag-LO ha-ye-ma-NIT AL DAM ha-a-SHAM
Exegesis
It then names ha-shemen {הַשֶּׁ֜מֶן | haššemen} ‘the oil’, modified by the relative asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾăšer} ‘that’ situated on kappo {כַּפּ֗וֹ | kappō} ‘his palm’.
A chain of prepositional phrases—al {עַל־ | ʿal}, ve-al {וְעַל־ | wəʿal}, ve-al {וְעַל־ | wəʿal}—specifies tenukh {תְּנ֞וּךְ | tənūḵ} ‘lobe’ + ozen {אֹ֤זֶן | ʾōzen} ‘ear’ of ha-mitaher {הַמִּטַּהֵר֙ | hammiṭāhēr} ‘the one being cleansed’, bohen {בֹּ֤הֶן | bōhen} ‘thumb’ of his hand, and bohen {בֹּ֥הֶן | bōhen} ‘big toe’ of his foot, each marked by ha-yemanit {הַיְמָנִ֑ית | haymānīt} ‘the right’.
The final clause al-dam ha-asham {עַל דַּ֥ם הָאָשָֽׁם | ʿal dām hāʾāšām} ‘upon the blood of the guilt offering’ links the anointing to sacrificial atonement. The orderly Hebrew sequence is mirrored in English to preserve the ritual’s spatial and theological precision.
In context — Leviticus 14:17
And from the remainder of the oil on his palm, the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one being cleansed , and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the guilt offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 14:17, so the Hebrew word עַל־כַּפּ֗וֹ (alkappo) 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.14.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.17.W4.S1) and character.