Leviticus 16:2:20Lev.16.2.W20TAB
אֵרָאֶ֖ה
eraeh
“I will appear”
- Transliteration
- e-ra-EH
- Extended
- eh-rah-EH
- IPA
- /ʔeː.raˈʔɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will appear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-ra-EH
- clause
el-pe-NEE ha-ka-PO-ret a-SHER al-ha-a-RON ve-LO ya-MUT ki be-a-NAAN e-ra-EH al-ha-ka-PO-ret
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE da-BER el-a-ha-RON a-KHEE-kha ve-AL-ya-VO be-khol-ET el-ha-KO-desh mi-BEET la-pa-RO-khet el-pe-NEE ha-ka-PO-ret a-SHER al-ha-a-RON ve-LO ya-MUT ki be-a-NAAN e-ra-EH al-ha-ka-PO-ret
Exegesis
The purpose clause kî yāmūt {כִּי יָמוּת֔ | kî yāmūt} links death to the cloud theophany, and the clause bəʿānān ʾêrāʾeh {בֶּֽעָנָ֔ן אֵרָאֶ֖ה | bəʿānān ʾêrāʾeh} ‘in a cloud I will appear’ highlights the cloud as the divine presence, thereby justifying the lethal warning.
In context — Leviticus 16:2
And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the sanctuary inside the curtain, before the atonement cover that is on the ark, so that he will not die; for I will appear in the cloud upon the atonement cover.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:2:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Leviticus 16:2, so the Hebrew word אֵרָאֶ֖ה (eraeh) 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.16.2.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.2.W20.S1) and character.