Leviticus 16:17:3Lev.16.17.W3TAB
בְּאֹ֣הֶל
beohel
“in the tent of”
- Transliteration
- be-O-hel
- Extended
- beh-OH-hel
- IPA
- /bəˈʔoː.hɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the tent of
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
be-O-hel
- phraseyour reading level
loh-yih-YEH be-O-hel mo-ED
- clause
veh-KHOL-a-DAM loh-yih-YEH be-O-hel mo-ED be-vo-OH le-kha-PER ba-KO-desh ad-TSE-to
- sentence
veh-KHOL-a-DAM loh-yih-YEH be-O-hel mo-ED be-vo-OH le-kha-PER ba-KO-desh ad-TSE-to veh-kih-PEHR ba-a-DO oo-be-AD BEI-to oo-be-AD khol-ke-HAL yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The locative be’ohel moed {בְּאֹהֶל־מוֹעֵד | bə-ʾō-hel mō-ʿēd} ‘in the tent of meeting’ specifies the cultic setting.
Root and etymology
ʼ-h-lʼ-h-l
“tent, dwelling”
In context — Leviticus 16:17
And no person shall be in the tent of meeting when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he comes out, and he shall make atonement for himself, for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 16:17, so the Hebrew word בְּאֹ֣הֶל (beohel) 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.16.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.17.W3.S1) and character.