Leviticus 14:20:3Lev.14.20.W3TAB
אֶת־הָעֹלָ֥ה
ehthahohlah
“the burnt offering”
- Transliteration
- eht-hah-oh-LAH
- Extended
- eht-hah-oh-LAAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.ʕoˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the burnt offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
eht-hah-oh-LAH
- phraseyour reading level
eht-hah-oh-LAH veh-eht-hah-min-KHAAH
- clause
veh-heh-eh-LAH ha-koh-HEN eht-hah-oh-LAH veh-eht-hah-min-KHAAH ha-miz-BEH-khah
- sentence
veh-heh-eh-LAH ha-koh-HEN eht-hah-oh-LAH veh-eht-hah-min-KHAAH ha-miz-BEH-khah veh-ki-PER a-LAV ha-koh-HEN veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
The direct object markers et-hā-‘olah {אֶת־הָעֹלָה | ’et-hā-‘ō-lāh} and ve-et-hā-minchah {וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָה | wə-’et-hā-mîn-ḥāh} signal the offerings.
Root and etymology
‘-l-hAyin-Lamed-He
“to ascend”
In context — Leviticus 14:20
And the priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar, and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 14:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעֹלָ֥ה (ehthahohlah) 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.14.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.20.W3.S1) and character.