Leviticus 15:3:1Lev.15.3.W1TAB

וְזֹ֛את

vezot

and this

Transliteration
ve-ZOT
Extended
veh-ZOHT
IPA
/və.ˈzoːt/

Meaning by language

English
and this

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Result
וְ + זֹ֛את
ve + zot
vezot

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Zayinz as in zero
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ZOT

  2. clause

    ve-ZOT tih-YEH tum-a-TO beh-ZOH-VOH

  3. sentence

    ve-ZOT tih-YEH tum-a-TO beh-ZOH-VOH RAAR beh-sa-ROH et-ZOH-VOH oh-hekh-TEEM beh-sa-ROH miz-ZOH-VOH tum-a-TO HEE

Exegesis

The verse begins with the demonstrative vezot {וְזֹ֛את | wə-zō-ṯ} ‘now this’, functioning as an introductory legal statement.

In contextLeviticus 15:3

Now this will be his impurity in his discharge: whether his discharge flows from his flesh or is blocked in his flesh, it will be an impurity.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 15:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:3, so the Hebrew word וְזֹ֛את (vezot) 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.15.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.3.W1.S1) and character.