Leviticus 16:14:5Lev.16.14.W5TAB
בְאֶצְבָּע֛וֹ
vehetsbahoh
“with his finger”
- Transliteration
- veh-ets-bah-OH
- Extended
- veh-ets-bah-OH
- IPA
- /vəʔɛtsˈbaʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with his finger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
veh-ets-bah-OH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-hiz-ZAA veh-ets-bah-OH
- clause
veh-lah-KAKH mihd-DAHM hah-PAAR veh-hiz-ZAA veh-ets-bah-OH ahl-peh-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret KED-mah
- sentence
veh-lah-KAKH mihd-DAHM hah-PAAR veh-hiz-ZAA veh-ets-bah-OH ahl-peh-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret KED-mah veh-lif-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret yahz-ZEH sheh-vah-peh-ah-MEEM min-hah-DAAM beh-ets-bah-OH
Exegesis
The Hifil perfect vehizzah {וְהִזָּ֧ה | wə-ḥiz-zā(h)} ‘and he shall sprinkle’ introduces intentional priestly action, with the instrumental phrase beetsbaʿo {בְאֶצְבָּע֛וֹ | bə-ʾet͡s-bā-ʿô} ‘with his finger’ highlighting his bodily role.
The numeral sheva-peʿamim {שֶֽׁבַע־פְּעָמִ֛ים | šē-vā-pə-ʿā-mîm} ‘seven times’ underscores covenantal fullness, and the final phrases minhaddam {מִן־הַדָּ֖ם | min-had-dām} ‘from the blood’ and beetsbaʿo {בְּאֶצְבָּעֽוֹ | bə-ʾet͡s-bā-ʿô} ‘with his finger’ mirror the earlier structure, framing the priest’s precise ritual work with inclusio.
In context — Leviticus 16:14
And he shall take from the blood of the bull and, with his finger , sprinkle it upon the face of the atonement cover , eastward; and before the atonement cover he shall sprinkle seven times from the blood with his finger.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 16:14, so the Hebrew word בְאֶצְבָּע֛וֹ (vehetsbahoh) 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.16.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.14.W5.S1) and character.