Leviticus 15:2:10Lev.15.2.W10TAB
זָ֣ב
zav
“discharge”
- Transliteration
- ZAV
- Extended
- ZAAV
- IPA
- /zaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- discharge
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ZAV
- phraseyour reading level
ZAV mib-be-SA-RO
- clause
EESH EESH KI yi-he-YEH ZAV mib-be-SA-RO zo-VO ta-ME HU
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.