Leviticus 15:22:4Lev.15.22.W4TAB
עָלָ֑יו
ahlav
“on it”
- Transliteration
- ah-LAV
- Extended
- ah-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʕaˈlaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- on it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
ah-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
ah-sher-te-SHEV ah-LAV
- clause
veh-khol-han-no-GEA beh-khohl-ke-LEE ah-sher-te-SHEV ah-LAV
- sentence
veh-khol-han-no-GEA beh-khohl-ke-LEE ah-sher-te-SHEV ah-LAV ye-kha-BES beh-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-te-SHEV ‘alav {אֲשֶׁר־תֵּשֵׁ֣ב עָלָ֑יו | ’ă-šer tē-šêḇ ‘ā-lāw} “on which she sits” identifies contamination by contact with a woman’s discharge.
In context — Leviticus 15:22
And anyone who touches any vessel on which she sits must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 15:22, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֑יו (ahlav) 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.15.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.22.W4.S1) and character.