Leviticus 14:19:5Lev.14.19.W5TAB
עַל־הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר
alhamittaher
“for the one being cleansed”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-mit-ta-HER
- Extended
- ahl-hah-mit-tah-HEHR
- IPA
- /ʕal.ha.mit.ta.ˈheːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the one being cleansed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-mit-ta-HER
- clause
veh-a-SAA ha-ko-HEN ET-ha-khat-TAAT veh-ki-PER al-ha-mit-ta-HER mih-toom-ah-TO
- sentence
veh-a-SAA ha-ko-HEN ET-ha-khat-TAAT veh-ki-PER al-ha-mit-ta-HER mih-toom-ah-TO veh-a-KHAR yish-KHAT ET-ha-oh-LAH
Exegesis
The following vav-consecutive ve-kipper {וְכִפֶּר | wə-kip-per} ‘and he shall make atonement’ links to ha-mitaher {הַמִּטַּהֵר | ha-mit-ta-hēr} ‘the one being cleansed’, where the Hitpael participle conveys ritual status.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-l-h
“to ascend”
In context — Leviticus 14:19
And the priest shall offer the sin offering and shall make atonement for the one being cleansed from his uncleanness. Afterward he shall slaughter the burnt offering.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 14:19, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר (alhamittaher) 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.14.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.19.W5.S1) and character.