Leviticus 14:26:4Lev.14.26.W4TAB
עַל־כַּ֥ף
alkaf
“upon the palm of”
- Transliteration
- al-KAF
- Extended
- ahl-KAF
- IPA
- /ʕalˈkaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the palm of
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-KAF
- phraseyour reading level
al-KAF ha-ko-HEN
- clause
al-KAF ha-ko-HEN hah-seh-mah-LEET
- sentence
oo-min-hah-SHEH-men yih-TSOK ha-ko-HEN al-KAF ha-ko-HEN hah-seh-mah-LEET
Exegesis
The preposition al {עַל | ʿăl} ‘upon’ governs the spatial relationship, and the construct chain kaf hakohen hasemalit {כַּף הַכֹּהֵן הַשְׂמָאלִית | kaph hak-kō-hên ha-sᵊ-ma-ʼlît} ‘palm of the priest, the left’ specifies the exact anatomical location. This Hebrew structure uses repetition and construct phrases to emphasize both the agent and precise location, which in English is rendered by reordering for clarity and expressing possession as “the priest’s left palm.”
Root and etymology
Rootkaf-pe
“palm, hollow, sole”
In context — Leviticus 14:26
And from the oil, the priest shall pour it upon the palm of the priest’s left hand.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 14:26, so the Hebrew word עַל־כַּ֥ף (alkaf) 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.14.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.26.W4.S1) and character.