Leviticus 16:26:3Lev.16.26.W3TAB
לַֽעֲזָאזֵ֔ל
laazazel
“to Azazel”
- Transliteration
- la-a-za-ZEL
- Extended
- lah-ah-zah-ZEHL
- IPA
- /la.ʕa.zaːˈzeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Azazel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
la-a-za-ZEL
- 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
ʿ-z-layin-zayin-lamed
“removal”
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 16:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 16:26, so the Hebrew word לַֽעֲזָאזֵ֔ל (laazazel) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.26.W3.S1) and character.