Leviticus 15:2:12Lev.15.2.W12TAB
זוֹב֖וֹ
zovo
“his discharge”
- Transliteration
- zo-VO
- Extended
- zoh-VOH
- IPA
- /zoːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his discharge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
zo-VO
- 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 noun zovo {זוֹב֖וֹ | zovo} ‘his discharge’ transitions into the apodosis, which states the result using the adjective tamei {טָמֵא | tamei} ‘unclean’ followed by the pronoun hu {הוּא | hu} ‘he’. This structure follows the Hebrew legal pattern of protasis–apodosis, linking a physical condition to a ritual status.
Root and etymology
Rootz-w-b
“to flow, discharge”
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 15:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 15:2, so the Hebrew word זוֹב֖וֹ (zovo) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.2.W12.S1) and character.