Leviticus 15:33:4Lev.15.33.W4TAB
אֶת־זוֹב֔וֹ
etzohvo
“his discharge”
- Transliteration
- et-zoh-VO
- Extended
- et-zoh-VOH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.zoːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his discharge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-zoh-VO
- 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
Rootz-w-b
“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 15:33:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 15:33, so the Hebrew word אֶת־זוֹב֔וֹ (etzohvo) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.33.W4.S1) and character.