Leviticus 16:10:1Lev.16.10.W1TAB
וְהַשָּׂעִ֗יר
vehhassair
“and the goat”
- Transliteration
- veh-has-sa-IR
- Extended
- veh-has-sa-EER
- IPA
- /və.has.sa.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the goat
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-has-sa-IR
- clause
veh-has-sa-IR a-SHER a-LA a-LAV ha-go-RAL la-a-za-ZEL ya-oh-mad-KHAI lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-ka-PER a-LAV
- sentence
veh-has-sa-IR a-SHER a-LA a-LAV ha-go-RAL la-a-za-ZEL ya-oh-mad-KHAI lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-ka-PER a-LAV le-sha-LAKH o-TO la-a-za-ZEL ha-mid-ba-RAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the noun phrase vaha-saʿir {וְהַשָּׂעִ֗יר | wə-ha-saʿîr} ‘and the goat,’ followed by the relative clause marker asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which.’
Root and etymology
Rootshin–ayin–resh
“he-goat”
In context — Leviticus 16:10
But the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the LORD in order to make atonement over it and send it into the wilderness to Azazel.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 16:10, so the Hebrew word וְהַשָּׂעִ֗יר (vehhassair) 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.16.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.10.W1.S1) and character.