Leviticus 17:15:6Lev.17.15.W6TAB
בָּאֶזְרָ֖ח
baezrakh
“native-born”
- Transliteration
- ba-ez-RAKH
- Extended
- bah-ehz-RAKH
- IPA
- /ba.ʔɛzˈraχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- native-born
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
ba-ez-RAKH
- clause
veh-khol-NEH-fesh a-SHER to-KHAL neh-veh-LAH oo-teh-REH-FAH ba-ez-RAKH oo-va-GER
- sentence
veh-khol-NEH-fesh a-SHER to-KHAL neh-veh-LAH oo-teh-REH-FAH ba-ez-RAKH oo-va-GER veh-ki-BES beh-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-E-rev veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases baezrach uvager {בָּאֶזְרָח וּבַגֵּר | bā-ʾe-zrā-ḥ ū-bə-ḡēr} equally apply the rule to natives and sojourners.
Root and etymology
“native-born; sprung up”
In context — Leviticus 17:15
And any person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts , whether among the native-born or among the sojourner, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 17:15, so the Hebrew word בָּאֶזְרָ֖ח (baezrakh) 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.17.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.15.W6.S1) and character.