Leviticus 16:22:1Lev.16.22.W1TAB
וְנָשָׂ֨א
vehnasa
“bear”
- Transliteration
- veh-na-SA
- Extended
- veh-na-SAA
- IPA
- /vənaˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-na-SA
- phraseyour reading level
veh-na-SA ha-sa-EER a-LAV
- clause
veh-na-SA ha-sa-EER a-LAV et-KOL-a-vo-NO-tam el-E-RETS ge-ze-RAH
- sentence
veh-na-SA ha-sa-EER a-LAV et-KOL-a-vo-NO-tam el-E-RETS ge-ze-RAH veh-shi-LAKH et-ha-sa-EER ba-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb ve-nasa {וְנָשָׂא | və-nā-śāʾ} “and he will carry,” with its subject ha-śā-ʿîr {הַשָּׂעִיר | ha-śā-ʿîr} “the goat.”
Root and etymology
נ־שׂ־א
“to lift, bear”
In context — Leviticus 16:22
And the goat will bear upon itself all their iniquities to a land of separation, and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 16:22, so the Hebrew word וְנָשָׂ֨א (vehnasa) 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.16.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.22.W1.S1) and character.