Leviticus 15:7:3Lev.15.7.W3TAB
הַזָּ֑ב
hazav
“the one with discharge”
- Transliteration
- ha-ZAV
- Extended
- hah-ZAAV
- IPA
- /hazˈzaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one with 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
- phraseyour reading level
biv-SAR ha-ZAV
- clause
veh-hah-no-GEH-ah biv-SAR ha-ZAV
- sentence
veh-hah-no-GEH-ah biv-SAR ha-ZAV ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The construct chain bivsar hazav {בִּבְשַׂר הַזָּב | bĭv-sār ha-zāv} binds “flesh” to “the one with a discharge,” marking the locus of contact.
Root and etymology
“to flow, discharge”
In context — Leviticus 15:7
And whoever touches the flesh of the man with a discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 15:7, 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.15.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.7.W3.S1) and character.