Leviticus 14:41:10Lev.14.41.W10TAB
לָעִ֔יר
laeer
“the city”
- Transliteration
- la-EER
- Extended
- lah-EER
- IPA
- /laːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-EER
- phraseyour reading level
el-mi-KHUTS la-EER
- clause
ve-shaf-KHU et-eh-ah-FAAR a-SHER hik-TSU el-mi-KHUTS la-EER el-ma-KOM ta-ME
- sentence
ve-et-ha-BA-yit yak-TSI-a mi-BA-yit sah-VIV ve-shaf-KHU et-eh-ah-FAAR a-SHER hik-TSU el-mi-KHUTS la-EER el-ma-KOM ta-ME
Exegesis
The relative asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾa-šer} ‘which’ links the dust to the scraping, while the prepositional phrases mi-chuts {מִחוּץ | mi-chuts} ‘outside,’ la-ʾir {לָעִ֔יר | la-ʾir} ‘to the city,’ and ma-kom tame {מָק֖וֹם טָמֵֽא | ma-kom tame} ‘ritually impure place’ outline sequential spatial removal, underscoring separation central to purity laws. The translation preserves Hebrew order and ritual terminology while enhancing clarity in English.
In context — Leviticus 14:41
And he shall scrape the house all around from within, and they shall pour out the dust that they have scraped off to the outside of the city, to an unclean place.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:41:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 14:41, so the Hebrew word לָעִ֔יר (laeer) 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.14.41.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.41.W10.S1) and character.