Leviticus 15:11:4Lev.15.11.W4TAB
הַזָּ֔ב
hazav
“the one with the discharge”
- Transliteration
- ha-ZAV
- Extended
- hah-ZAAV
- IPA
- /hazˈzaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one with the discharge
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ZAV
- clause
ve-KHOL a-SHER yih-ga-BO ha-ZAV ve-ya-DAV loh-sha-TAF ba-MA-yim
- sentence
ve-KHOL a-SHER yih-ga-BO ha-ZAV ve-ya-DAV loh-sha-TAF ba-MA-yim ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The indefinite relative clause begins with vekhol {וְכֹ֨ל | wə-ḵōl} ‘all’ followed by asher {אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ăšer} ‘which,’ modifying the noun hazzāv {הַזָּ֔ב | haz-zāv} ‘the one with a discharge.’
Root and etymology
Rootz-v-b
“to flow, ooze”
In context — Leviticus 15:11
Anyone whom the man with a discharge touches without washing his hands in water shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 15:11, so the Hebrew word הַזָּ֔ב (hazav) 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.15.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.11.W4.S1) and character.