Leviticus 16:18:11Lev.16.18.W11TAB
סָבִֽיב׃
saviv
“all around”
- Transliteration
- sa-VIV
- Extended
- sah-VIV
- IPA
- /saˈviv/
Meaning by language
- English
- all around
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-VIV
- clause
ve-la-KAKH mi-DAM ha-PAR u-mi-DAM ha-sa-EER ve-na-TAN al-KAR-not ham-miz-BEH-akh sa-VIV
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA el-ham-miz-BEH-akh a-SHER lihf-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ve-khi-PER a-LAV ve-la-KAKH mi-DAM ha-PAR u-mi-DAM ha-sa-EER ve-na-TAN al-KAR-not ham-miz-BEH-akh sa-VIV
Exegesis
Finally, the adverb saviv {סָבִיב | sā-vîv} ‘all around’ indicates the comprehensive application of the blood to the altar’s horns, preserving the Hebrew emphasis on spatial totality.
Root and etymology
ס-ב-ב
“around”
In context — Leviticus 16:18
Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD , and he shall make atonement for it. He shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat and put it on the horns of the altar all around.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 16:18, so the Hebrew word סָבִֽיב׃ (saviv) 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.16.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.18.W11.S1) and character.