Leviticus 14:21:1Lev.14.21.W1TAB
וְאִם־דַּ֣ל
veimdal
“but if poor”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-DAL
- Extended
- veh-im-DAL
- IPA
- /və.ʔimˈdal/
Meaning by language
- English
- but if poor
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ve-im-DAL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-im-DAL HU
- clause
ve-im-DAL HU ve-EIN ya-DO mas-SE-get ve-la-KAKH KE-ves e-KHAD a-SHAM lit-nu-FAH le-kha-PER a-LAV
- sentence
ve-im-DAL HU ve-EIN ya-DO mas-SE-get ve-la-KAKH KE-ves e-KHAD a-SHAM lit-nu-FAH le-kha-PER a-LAV ve-iss-sa-RON SO-let e-KHAD BA-lul ba-SHE-men le-min-KHAH ve-LOG SHA-men
Exegesis
The Hebrew clause veimdal {וְאִם־דַּל | wə-ʾim-dal} “if he is poor” combines the conjunction with a conditional particle and adjective to introduce a concession.
Root and etymology
RootDalet-Lamed-Lamed
“to be low, poor”
In context — Leviticus 14:21
But if he is poor and his hand cannot reach, then he shall take one lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering, to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:21, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־דַּ֣ל (veimdal) 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.14.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.21.W1.S1) and character.