Leviticus 16:26:2Lev.16.26.W2TAB
אֶת־הַשָּׂעִיר֙
ethasair
“the goat”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-sa-IR
- Extended
- eht-hah-sah-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.saˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the goat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-sa-IR
- 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 direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet-} focuses the action on ha-sa’ir {הַשָּׂעִיר֙ | ha-šaʻîr} ‘the goat’, with la-azazel {לַעֲזָאזֵ֔ל | la-ʻăzāzēl} indicating the ritual destination.
Root and etymology
ש־ע־ר
“male goat”
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 16:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 16:26, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַשָּׂעִיר֙ (ethasair) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.26.W2.S1) and character.