Leviticus 14:6:8Lev.14.6.W8TAB

הַתּוֹלַ֖עַת

hatolaat

the worm

Transliteration
ha-to-la-AT
Extended
hah-toh-lah-AT
IPA
/hat.to.laˈʕat/

Meaning by language

English
the worm

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + תּוֹ + לַ֖ + עַת
ha + to + la + at
hatolaat

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-to-la-AT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-et-she-NEE ha-to-la-AT

  3. clause

    et-ha-tsi-POR ha-khai-YA yik-KAKH o-TAH ve-et-ETS ha-E-rez ve-et-she-NEE ha-to-la-AT ve-ET-ha-e-ZOV

  4. sentence

    et-ha-tsi-POR ha-khai-YA yik-KAKH o-TAH ve-et-ETS ha-E-rez ve-et-she-NEE ha-to-la-AT ve-ET-ha-e-ZOV ve-ta-VAL o-TAM ve-ET ha-tsi-POR ha-khai-YA be-DAM ha-tsi-POR hash-khoo-TAH al ha-MAI-yim ha-khai-YIM

Exegesis

Each noun in the list is reintroduced by the conjunction wǝ-ʾeṯ {וְאֶת | wǝ-ʾeṯ} ‘and’ plus the direct-object marker (ha-ṣippōr {הַצִּפֹּר | ha-ṣippōr} ‘the bird’, ʿēṣ hā-ʾerez {עֵץ הָאֶרֶז | ʿēṣ hā-ʾerez} ‘the cedar wood’, šənî hā-tōlāʿāṯ {שְׁנִי הַתּוֹלַעַת | šənî hā-tōlāʿāṯ} ‘two of the scarlet’, hā-ʾēzōḇ {הָאֵזֹב | hā-ʾēzōḇ} ‘the hyssop’).

Root and etymology

Roottav-lamed-ayin

worm, source of dye

In contextLeviticus 14:6

He shall take the living bird along with the cedar wood, the scarlet, and the hyssop , and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the living water.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 14:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 14:6, so the Hebrew word הַתּוֹלַ֖עַת (hatolaat) 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.14.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.6.W8.S1) and character.