Leviticus 14:49:9Lev.14.49.W9TAB
תוֹלַ֖עַת
tolahat
“thread”
- Transliteration
- to-LAH-at
- Extended
- toh-LAH-at
- IPA
- /to.ˈla.ʕaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- thread
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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Word in context
- word
to-LAH-at
- phraseyour reading level
oo-she-NEE to-LAH-at
- clause
ve-ETS E-rez oo-she-NEE to-LAH-at ve-e-ZOV
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH le-kha-TE et-ha-BA-yit SHTEY tsip-po-REEM ve-ETS E-rez oo-she-NEE to-LAH-at ve-e-ZOV
Exegesis
The coordinated list šə-tê ṣip-pō-rîm {שְׁתֵּי צִפֳּרִים | šə-tê ṣip-pō-rîm} ‘two birds’, wə-ʿēṣ ʾe-rez {וְעֵץ אֶרֶז | wə-ʿēṣ ʾe-rez} ‘and cedar wood’, wə-šnī tô-lā-ʿāt {וּשְׁנִי תוֹלַעַת | wə-šnī tô-lā-ʿāt} ‘and two scarlet yarn’, and wə-ʾê-zōv {וְאֵזֹב | wə-ʾê-zōב} ‘and hyssop’ employs asyndeton to convey the comprehensive components required for sacred cleansing. The feminine numeral constructs šə-tê and wə-šnī align with their feminine nouns, ensuring grammatical agreement shapes the English rendering.
Root and etymology
RootTav Lamed Ayin
“scarlet dye”
In context — Leviticus 14:49
He shall take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn , and hyssop to purify the house.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:49:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 14:49, so the Hebrew word תוֹלַ֖עַת (tolahat) 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.14.49.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.49.W9.S1) and character.