Leviticus 15:6:5Lev.15.6.W5TAB
הַזָּ֑ב
hazav
“the one with the discharge”
- Transliteration
- ha-ZAV
- Extended
- hah-ZAAV
- IPA
- /ha.ˈzaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one with the discharge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ZAV
- clause
ve-ha-yo-SHEV al-ha-ke-LI a-SHER-ye-SHEV a-LAV ha-ZAV
- sentence
ve-ha-yo-SHEV al-ha-ke-LI a-SHER-ye-SHEV a-LAV ha-ZAV ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-E-rev
Exegesis
The relative conjunction asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾă-šer} links to the participle yeshev {יֵשֵׁב֙ | yē-šêḇ} in a relative clause naming the contaminator, hazav {הַזָּב | ha-zāḇ}.
Root and etymology
z-v-b
“to flow, discharge”
In context — Leviticus 15:6
Anyone who sits on the object on which a man with a discharge has sat shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 15:6, so the Hebrew word הַזָּ֑ב (hazav) 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.15.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.6.W5.S1) and character.