Leviticus 16:10:12Lev.16.10.W12TAB
לְשַׁלַּ֥ח
leshalakh
“to send away”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-LAKH
- Extended
- leh-shah-LAKH
- IPA
- /lə.ʃal.ˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to send away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-sha-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
le-sha-LAKH o-TO
- clause
le-sha-LAKH o-TO la-a-za-ZEL ha-mid-ba-RAH
- 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
Two purpose clauses follow: lə-kappēr {לְכַפֵּר | lə-kap-pēr} ‘to make atonement’ and lə-šallēaḥ {לְשַׁלַּח | lə-šal-lē-aḥ} ‘to send.’
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ח
“to send away”
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 16:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 16:10, so the Hebrew word לְשַׁלַּ֥ח (leshalakh) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.10.W12.S1) and character.