Leviticus 14:4:11Lev.14.4.W11TAB
תוֹלַ֖עַת
tolaat
“yarn”
- Transliteration
- to-LA-at
- Extended
- toh-LA-at
- IPA
- /toˈla.ʕaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- yarn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-LA-at
- phraseyour reading level
oo-she-NEE to-LA-at
- clause
veh-ETS EH-rez oo-she-NEE to-LA-at veh-EH-ZOV
- sentence
veh-tsi-VA ha-ko-HEN veh-lah-KAKH la-mi-ta-HER shtee-tsip-po-RIM khai-YOT te-ho-ROT veh-ETS EH-rez oo-she-NEE to-LA-at veh-EH-ZOV
Exegesis
What follows is a coordinated list: shetei-tsipporim {שְׁתֵּֽי־צִפֳּרִ֥ם | šᵉ-tê-ṣip-pô-rim} ‘two birds’ modified by chayot {חַיּוֹת | ḥay-yôṯ} ‘living’ and tehorot {טְהֹרוֹת | ṭə-hô-rôt} ‘clean’; the construct chain ets erez {עֵ֣ץ אֶ֔רֶז | ʿēṣ ʾē-rez} ‘cedar wood’; the numeric construct ushni tolaat {וּשְׁנִ֥י תוֹלַעַת | û-šnî tô-lā-ʿaṯ} ‘and two worm’; and ve-ezov {וְאֵזֹב | wə-ʾē-zôḇ} ‘and hyssop’. In translation, conjunctions are streamlined and Hebrew construct clusters are rendered as clear adjective-noun phrases.
Root and etymology
Roottav-lamed-ayin
“worm, source of dye”
In context — Leviticus 14:4
Then the priest shall command that two living clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet thread, and hyssop be taken for the one being cleansed.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 14:4, so the Hebrew word תוֹלַ֖עַת (tolaat) 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.14.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.4.W11.S1) and character.