Leviticus 14:28:5Lev.14.28.W5TAB
עַל־כַּפּ֗וֹ
alkappo
“on his palm”
- Transliteration
- al-kap-PO
- Extended
- ahl-kahp-POH
- IPA
- /ʕal.kapˈpoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on his palm
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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 | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
al-kap-PO
- phraseyour reading level
min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-kap-PO
- clause
ve-na-TAN ha-ko-HEN min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-kap-PO al-te-NUKH O-zen ha-mi-ta-HER ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen ya-DO ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen rag-LO ha-ye-ma-NIT
- sentence
ve-na-TAN ha-ko-HEN min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-kap-PO al-te-NUKH O-zen ha-mi-ta-HER ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen ya-DO ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen rag-LO ha-ye-ma-NIT al-me-KOM DAM ha-a-SHAM
Exegesis
Repeated prepositional phrases using al {עַל־ | ʿal} ‘upon’ introduce a series of precise anatomical locations, each linked by construct chains: tenukh ʼōzen {תְּנוּךְ אֹזֶן | te-nûḵ ʼō-zen} ‘lobe of ear,’ bohen yado {בֹּהֶן יָדוֹ | bō-hen yā-dō} ‘thumb of hand,’ and bohen raglo {בֹּהֶן רַגְל֖וֹ | bō-hen ra-g-lō} ‘big toe of foot.’
In context — Leviticus 14:28
And the priest shall put from the oil that is in his palm upon the lobe of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the big toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the guilt offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 14:28, so the Hebrew word עַל־כַּפּ֗וֹ (alkappo) 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.14.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.28.W5.S1) and character.