Leviticus 15:2:10Lev.15.2.W10TAB

זָ֣ב

zav

discharge

Transliteration
ZAV
Extended
ZAAV
IPA
/zaːv/

Meaning by language

English
discharge

Alphabet Analysis

Zayinz as in zero
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ZAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ZAV mib-be-SA-RO

  3. clause

    EESH EESH KI yi-he-YEH ZAV mib-be-SA-RO zo-VO ta-ME HU

  4. sentence

    dab-be-RU el-be-NEH yis-ra-EL va-a-mar-TEM a-le-HEM EESH EESH KI yi-he-YEH ZAV mib-be-SA-RO zo-VO ta-ME HU

Exegesis

The participle zav {זָב | zav} ‘one with a discharge’ functions as the subject of the protasis, further qualified by the prepositional phrase mibbsaro {מִבְּשָׂר֔וֹ | mibbsaro} ‘from his flesh’.

Root and etymology

z-v-bzayin-vav-bet

to flow, drip

In contextLeviticus 15:2

Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: “Any man, when there is a discharge from his flesh, that discharge makes him unclean .”

About this coordinate

Leviticus 15:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 15:2, so the Hebrew word זָ֣ב (zav) 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.15.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.2.W10.S1) and character.