Leviticus 15:17:4Lev.15.17.W4TAB
עָלָ֖יו
alav
“upon it”
- Transliteration
- a-LAV
- Extended
- ah-LAH-yov
- IPA
- /ʕa.ˈla.w/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon it
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-YIH-YEH a-LAV
- clause
ve-KHOL-BE-ged ve-KHOL-OR a-SHER-YIH-YEH a-LAV shikh-VAT-ZA-ra
- sentence
ve-KHOL-BE-ged ve-KHOL-OR a-SHER-YIH-YEH a-LAV shikh-VAT-ZA-ra veh-khoo-BAS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The relative clause ašer yihyēh ʿalayv šikhvat-zāraʿ {אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶה עָלָיו שִׁכְבַת־זָרַע | ʾa-šer yiḥ-yēh ʿa-lāv šikh-vat-zā-raʿ} ‘which has an emission of seed upon it’ sets the condition for defilement, with the Qal imperfect yihyēh indicating a resultant state.
In context — Leviticus 15:17
And every garment and every leather which has semen upon it shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 15:17, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֖יו (alav) 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.15.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.17.W4.S1) and character.