Leviticus 15:13:2Lev.15.13.W2TAB
הַזָּב֙
hazav
“the man with the discharge”
- Transliteration
- ha-ZAV
- Extended
- hah-ZAAV
- IPA
- /ha.zˈzaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the man with the 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
veh-KHEE-yit-HAR ha-ZAV
- clause
veh-KHEE-yit-HAR ha-ZAV mi-zoh-VO veh-SA-far LO shiv-AT ya-MIM le-ta-ho-ra-TO veh-ki-BES be-ga-DAV
- sentence
veh-KHEE-yit-HAR ha-ZAV mi-zoh-VO veh-SA-far LO shiv-AT ya-MIM le-ta-ho-ra-TO veh-ki-BES be-ga-DAV veh-rah-KHATS be-sa-RO be-ma-YIM khai-YIM veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
The subject ha-zāḇ {הַזָּב | ha-zāḇ} ‘the one with a discharge’ carries the definite article.
Root and etymology
z–v–bz–v–b
“to flow, drip”
In context — Leviticus 15:13
And when the one with a discharge is purified from his discharge, he shall count for himself seven days for his purification, and he shall wash his garments and bathe his flesh in living water , and he shall be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 15:13, so the Hebrew word הַזָּב֙ (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.15.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.13.W2.S1) and character.