Leviticus 16:9:7Lev.16.9.W7TAB
הַגּוֹרָ֖ל
hagoral
“the lot”
- Transliteration
- ha-go-RAL
- Extended
- hah-goh-RAAL
- IPA
- /ha.goˈraːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the lot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ha-go-RAL
- clause
ve-hik-REEV ah-ha-ROHN et-ha-sa-EER a-SHER ah-LAH ah-LAW ha-go-RAL la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-hik-REEV ah-ha-ROHN et-ha-sa-EER a-SHER ah-LAH ah-LAW ha-go-RAL la-ye-ho-VAH ve-ah-sah-HU khat-TAT
Exegesis
The relative clause consists of ’asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} ‘which’ + alah {עָלָה | ‘ālah} ‘has come up’ + alav {עָלָיו | ’alāw} ‘upon it’ + hagoral {הַגּוֹרָל | ha-gōrāl} ‘the lot’, modifying the goat by a perfect-tense action of selection.
Root and etymology
Rootg-r-l
“lot, fate”
In context — Leviticus 16:9
And Aaron shall bring near the goat on which the lot fell for the LORD , and he shall make it a sin offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 16:9, so the Hebrew word הַגּוֹרָ֖ל (hagoral) 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.16.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.9.W7.S1) and character.