Leviticus 15:33:3Lev.15.33.W3TAB
וְהַזָּב֙
vehhazzav
“and the one with a discharge”
- Transliteration
- veh-haz-ZAV
- Extended
- veh-haz-ZAAV
- IPA
- /wə.hazˈzaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the one with a discharge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
veh-haz-ZAV
- clause
veh-had-da-VA beh-nid-da-TAH veh-haz-ZAV et-zoh-VO lah-zah-KHAR veh-lah-neh-ke-VA
- sentence
veh-had-da-VA beh-nid-da-TAH veh-haz-ZAV et-zoh-VO lah-zah-KHAR veh-lah-neh-ke-VA oo-le-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV im-teh-MEH-AA
Exegesis
The next item, vehazav {וְהַזָּב֙ | wə-ha-zāv} ‘the one with a discharge’, is specified by the direct object phrase et-zovo {אֶת-זוֹב֔וֹ | ʾet-zōvō} ‘his discharge’, which then assigns recipients la-zakhar ve-la-nekevah {לַזָּכָ֖ר וְלַנְּקֵבָ֑ה | la-zā-ḵar wə-la-ne-qē-vāh} ‘for the male and for the female’, clarifying inclusive scope.
Root and etymology
z-v-bZayin, Vav, Bet
“to flow, discharge”
In context — Leviticus 15:33
And the woman with a flow in her menstrual impurity , and the person with a discharge —his discharge for the male and for the female—and the man who lies with a woman who is unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 15:33, so the Hebrew word וְהַזָּב֙ (vehhazzav) 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.15.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.33.W3.S1) and character.