Leviticus 16:26:1Lev.16.26.W1TAB
וְהַֽמְשַׁלֵּ֤חַ
vehhamshaleakh
“the one who releases”
- Transliteration
- veh-ham-sha-LE-akh
- Extended
- veh-ham-sha-LEH-akh
- IPA
- /və.ham.ʃalˈleː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one who releases
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ham-sha-LE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ham-sha-LE-akh et-ha-sa-IR
- clause
veh-ham-sha-LE-akh et-ha-sa-IR la-a-za-ZEL ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS et-be-sa-RO bam-MA-yim
- sentence
veh-ham-sha-LE-akh et-ha-sa-IR la-a-za-ZEL ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS et-be-sa-RO bam-MA-yim ve-a-kha-REI-KHEN ya-VO el-ha-ma-kha-NE
Exegesis
The verse begins with the participle ve-hamshal-leach {וְהַֽמְשַׁלֵּ֤חַ | wə-mĕšallēaḥ} ‘the one sending away’, which functions as the subject and introduces the ritual agent.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ח
“to send away”
In context — Leviticus 16:26
The one who sends the goat to Azazel must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 16:26, so the Hebrew word וְהַֽמְשַׁלֵּ֤חַ (vehhamshaleakh) 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.16.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.26.W1.S1) and character.