Leviticus 15:19:3Lev.15.19.W3TAB
זָבָ֔ה
zavah
“discharge”
- Transliteration
- za-VAH
- Extended
- zah-VAAH
- IPA
- /zaˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- discharge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
kee-ti-YEH za-VAH
- clause
ve-i-SHAH kee-ti-YEH za-VAH DAM yih-YEH zo-VAH biv-sa-RAH
- sentence
ve-i-SHAH kee-ti-YEH za-VAH DAM yih-YEH zo-VAH biv-sa-RAH shiv-AT ya-MIM tih-YEH be-nid-da-TAH veh-KHOL-hah-no-GEH-ah BAH yit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect tî-hyēh {תִהְיֶ֣ה | tî-hyēh} ‘she shall become’ introduces the first protasis, with the participle zā-vāh {זָבָ֔ה | zā-vāh} ‘one having a discharge’ as predicate.
Root and etymology
ז־ב־ה
“to flow, discharge”
In context — Leviticus 15:19
And when a woman has a discharge and the discharge is blood in her flesh, she shall be unclean for seven days , and anyone who touches her shall be unclean until the evening .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 15:19, so the Hebrew word זָבָ֔ה (zavah) 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.15.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.19.W3.S1) and character.