Leviticus 14:41:4Lev.14.41.W4TAB
סָבִ֑יב
sahviv
“around”
- Transliteration
- sah-VIV
- Extended
- sah-VEEV
- IPA
- /saːˈviːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- around
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sah-VIV
- clause
ve-et-ha-BA-yit yak-TSI-a mi-BA-yit sah-VIV
- 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 adverb saviv {סָבִ֑יב | sa-viv} ‘all around’ qualifies thoroughness.
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 14:41:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 14:41, so the Hebrew word סָבִ֑יב (sahviv) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.41.W4.S1) and character.