Leviticus 16:22:6Lev.16.22.W6TAB
גְּזֵרָ֑ה
gezerah
“remote”
- Transliteration
- ge-ze-RAH
- Extended
- geh-zeh-RAA
- IPA
- /gəzeˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- remote
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-ze-RAH
- phraseyour reading level
el-E-RETS ge-ze-RAH
- 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 destination is expressed by ʾel-ʾe-reṣ gĕ-zē-rāh {אֶל־אֶרֶץ גְּזֵרָה | ʾel-ʾe-reṣ gĕ-zē-rāh} “to a land of separation,” a construct of preposition + noun + noun.
Root and etymology
ג־ז־ר
“cutting off, separation”
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 16:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 16:22, so the Hebrew word גְּזֵרָ֑ה (gezerah) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.22.W6.S1) and character.