Leviticus 15:12:3Lev.15.12.W3TAB
הַזָּ֖ב
hazav
“the one with discharge”
- Transliteration
- ha-ZAV
- Extended
- hah-ZAAV
- IPA
- /hazˈzaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one with discharge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
- phraseyour reading level
ah-SHER-yig-ga-BO ha-ZAV
- clause
oo-khe-klee-KHEH-res ah-SHER-yig-ga-BO ha-ZAV yi-sha-BER
- sentence
oo-khe-klee-KHEH-res ah-SHER-yig-ga-BO ha-ZAV yi-sha-BER veh-KHOL-klee-ETS yi-sha-TEF ba-MA-yim
Exegesis
The relative clause with ʾašer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} functions as a conditional protasis: yiggaʿ {יִגַּע | yiggaʿ} ‘he touches’ plus bô {בּוֹ | bô} ‘in it’ specifies contact by ha-zāv {הַזָּב | ha-zāv} ‘the man with a discharge’.
Root and etymology
z-v-wzayin–vav–vav
“to flow, discharge”
In context — Leviticus 15:12
And any vessel of clay which the man with a discharge touches—it shall be broken. And every vessel of wood shall be rinsed with water .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 15:12, so the Hebrew word הַזָּ֖ב (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.15.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.12.W3.S1) and character.