Leviticus 17:11:13Lev.17.11.W13TAB
ה֖וּא
hoo
“it is”
- Transliteration
- HOO
- Extended
- HOO
- IPA
- /ˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
HOO
- phraseyour reading level
KI-hah-DAAM HOO
- clause
KI-hah-DAAM HOO ba-NE-fesh ye-kha-PER
- sentence
KI NE-fesh ha-baa-SAR ba-DAM HEE va-a-NI neh-ta-TEEV la-KHEM al-ham-miz-BE-akh le-kha-PER al-naf-sho-TEE-khem KI-hah-DAAM HOO ba-NE-fesh ye-kha-PER
Exegesis
The verse begins with the causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introducing an equative clause that the nefesh {נֶפֶשׁ | ne·p̄eš} ‘life’ of the basar {בָּשָׂר | ba·sar} ‘flesh’ resides in the dam {דָּם | dām} ‘blood’, marked by the copular hi {הִוא | hîʾ} ‘it is’.
A second clause introduced by ki-ha-dam {כִּי־הַדָּם | kî-had·dām} states that hu {הוּא | hūʾ} ‘it is’ the dam ‘blood’ which yekhaper {יְכַפֵּר | yə·kha·p̄ēr} ‘atones’ ba-nefesh {בַּנֶּפֶשׁ | ba·ne·p̄eš} ‘through life’. This chiastic structure of life and blood underscores the inseparable link between life and atonement in Israel’s cultic system.
In context — Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood , and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives; for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:11:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 17:11, so the Hebrew word ה֖וּא (hoo) 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.17.11.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.11.W13.S1) and character.