Leviticus 17:3:8Lev.17.3.W8TAB
אוֹ־כֶ֛שֶׂב
okesev
“or a lamb”
- Transliteration
- o-KE-sev
- Extended
- oh-KEH-sehv
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈkɛsɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- or a lamb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-KE-sev
- phraseyour reading level
SHOR o-KE-sev
- clause
EESH EESH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL a-SHER yish-KHAT SHOR o-KE-sev o-EZ ba-ma-kha-NEH
- sentence
EESH EESH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL a-SHER yish-KHAT SHOR o-KE-sev o-EZ ba-ma-kha-NEH O a-SHER yish-KHAT mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
The coordination via the conjunction o {אוֹ | ʾō} links the legal conditions, and the English rendering smooths the Hebrew parallelism while preserving spatial boundaries.
In context — Leviticus 17:3
Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a sheep, or a goat in the camp , or who slaughters one outside the camp.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 17:3, so the Hebrew word אוֹ־כֶ֛שֶׂב (okesev) 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.17.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.3.W8.S1) and character.