Leviticus 16:13:11Lev.16.13.W11TAB
עַל־הָעֵד֖וּת
alhaehdoot
“over the testimony”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-EH-DOOT
- Extended
- ahl-hah-EH-DOOT
- IPA
- /ʕal.haː.ʕeˈduːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- over the testimony
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
al-ha-EH-DOOT
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER al-ha-EH-DOOT
- clause
veh-khis-SA ah-NAN hak-ke-TO-ret et-hak-ka-PO-ret a-SHER al-ha-EH-DOOT veh-LO ya-MUT
- sentence
veh-nah-TAN et-hak-ke-TO-ret al-ha-ESH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH veh-khis-SA ah-NAN hak-ke-TO-ret et-hak-ka-PO-ret a-SHER al-ha-EH-DOOT veh-LO ya-MUT
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by asher al-ha-e-du-t {אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָעֵדוּת | ʾa-šer ʿal-hā-ʿē-dūt} specifies the location of the kapporet above the testimony tablets.
Root and etymology
ʿ-d-hayin-dalet-he
“witness, testimony”
In context — Leviticus 16:13
And he shall put the incense on the fire before the LORD , and the cloud of the incense shall cover the atonement cover on the testimony so that he will not die.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 16:13, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָעֵד֖וּת (alhaehdoot) 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.16.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.13.W11.S1) and character.