Leviticus 16:10:14Lev.16.10.W14TAB
לַעֲזָאזֵ֖ל
laazazel
“to Azazel”
- Transliteration
- la-a-za-ZEL
- Extended
- lah-ah-zah-ZEHL
- IPA
- /la.ʕă.zaː.ˈzeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Azazel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
la-a-za-ZEL
- 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
The latter links to la-ʿăzāʿēl {לַעֲזָאזֵ֖ל | la-ʿă-zā-ʿēl} ‘to Azazel’ and ha-midbarāh {הַמִּדְבָּֽרָה | ha-mid-ba-rāh} ‘into the wilderness.’ The Hebrew VSO order is rendered in English SVO, and the dual infinitive purposes highlight the scapegoat’s role in atonement followed by ritual exile.
Root and etymology
ʿ-z-layin-zayin-lamed
“removal”
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 16:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 16:10, so the Hebrew word לַעֲזָאזֵ֖ל (laazazel) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.10.W14.S1) and character.