Leviticus 14:27:1Lev.14.27.W1TAB
וְהִזָּ֤ה
vehizzah
“sprinkle”
- Transliteration
- ve-hiz-ZAH
- Extended
- veh-hiz-ZAA
- IPA
- /və.hizˈzaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- sprinkle
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hiz-ZAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hiz-ZAH ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-hiz-ZAH ha-ko-HEN be-ets-ba-O ha-ye-ma-NIT min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-ka-PO ha-se-ma-LIT
- sentence
ve-hiz-ZAH ha-ko-HEN be-ets-ba-O ha-ye-ma-NIT min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-ka-PO ha-se-ma-LIT SHE-va pe-a-MIM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive Hiphil perfect vehizzah {וְהִזָּ֤ה | wə-ḥizzāh} ‘and he shall sprinkle’, establishing a ritual sequence.
Root and etymology
Rootnun-zayin-heh
“to sprinkle”
In context — Leviticus 14:27
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger from the oil that is upon his left palm, seven times before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:27, so the Hebrew word וְהִזָּ֤ה (vehizzah) 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.14.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.27.W1.S1) and character.