Leviticus 14:34:9Lev.14.34.W9TAB
לַאֲחֻזָּ֑ה
laakhuza
“as a possession”
- Transliteration
- la-a-khu-ZA
- Extended
- lah-ah-khoo-ZAA
- IPA
- /la.ʔa.ħu.ˈzaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a possession
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| 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
la-a-khu-ZA
- clause
KI ta-VO-OO el-EH-rets ke-NA-an a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM la-a-khu-ZA
- sentence
KI ta-VO-OO el-EH-rets ke-NA-an a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM la-a-khu-ZA ve-na-ta-TI NE-ga tsa-RA-at be-VEET E-rets a-khu-ZAT-khem
Exegesis
The Qal participle nōtên {נֹתֵ֥ן | nōṯēn} ‘giving’ with the dative lāḵem {לָכֶם | lā-ḵem} ‘to you’ and the substantive la-ʼăḥûzah {לַאֲחֻזָּה | la-ʼăḥûzah} ‘possession’ conveys allocation of inheritance.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-chet-zayin
“possession”
In context — Leviticus 14:34
When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving to you as a possession , and I put an affliction of leprosy in a house in the land of your possession;
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:34:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 14:34, so the Hebrew word לַאֲחֻזָּ֑ה (laakhuza) 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.14.34.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.34.W9.S1) and character.