Leviticus 16:22:3Lev.16.22.W3TAB
עָלָ֛יו
alav
“upon it”
- Transliteration
- a-LAV
- Extended
- ah-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʕaˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-LAV
- 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 prepositional phrase ‛ā-lāv {עָלָיו | ‛ā-lāv} “upon him” marks the transfer of the construct chain ʾet-kol-ʿă-vō-nō-tām {אֶת־כָּל־עֲוֺנֹתָם | ʾet-kol-ʿă-vō-nō-tām} “all their iniquities.”
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 16:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 16:22, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֛יו (alav) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.22.W3.S1) and character.