Leviticus 14:6:9Lev.14.6.W9TAB
וְאֶת־הָאֵזֹ֑ב
veethaezov
“and the hyssop”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-ha-e-ZOV
- Extended
- veh-EET-hah-eh-ZOHV
- IPA
- /vəʔet.haʔeˈzoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the hyssop
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-ha-e-ZOV
- 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
- 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
The construction opens with the direct-object marker et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} ‘direct object marker’, signaling the three-item series governed by the Qal imperfect yiqqāḥ {יִקַּח | yiqqāḥ} ‘he shall take’.
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
“hyssop”
In context — Leviticus 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 14:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 14:6, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הָאֵזֹ֑ב (veethaezov) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.6.W9.S1) and character.