Leviticus 14:27:3Lev.14.27.W3TAB
בְּאֶצְבָּע֣וֹ
beetsbao
“with his finger”
- Transliteration
- be-ets-ba-O
- Extended
- beh-ets-bah-OH
- IPA
- /bə.ʔɛts.baˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with his finger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-ets-ba-O
- phraseyour reading level
be-ets-ba-O ha-ye-ma-NIT
- 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 construct phrase be’etsba’o hayemanit {בְּאֶצְבָּע֣וֹ הַיְמָנִ֔ית | bə-ʾeṣ-bā-ʿō ha-yemānîṯ} ‘with his right finger’ follows the Hebrew noun-adjective order to specify the instrument.
Root and etymology
צ־ב־עts-b-‘
“finger”
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 14:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 14:27, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶצְבָּע֣וֹ (beetsbao) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.27.W3.S1) and character.