Leviticus 17:8:1Lev.17.8.W1TAB
וַאֲלֵהֶ֣ם
vaalehem
“and to them”
- Transliteration
- va-a-le-HEM
- Extended
- vah-a-leh-HEHM
- IPA
- /va.ʔă.leˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-le-HEM to-MAR
- clause
va-a-le-HEM to-MAR ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER a-sher-ya-GUR be-to-KHAM
- sentence
va-a-le-HEM to-MAR ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER a-sher-ya-GUR be-to-KHAM a-sher-ya-a-LEH o-LAH o-za-VAKh
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive and va’alehem {וַאֲלֵהֶ֣ם | va-ʾă-lê-hem}, introducing the addressees, followed by tomar {תֹּאמַר | tōmār} ‘you shall say’ as a legal exhortation.
In context — Leviticus 17:8
And to them you shall say: “Any man from the house of Israel or from the sojourner who dwells among them, who offers up a burnt offering or a sacrifice,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 17:8, so the Hebrew word וַאֲלֵהֶ֣ם (vaalehem) 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.17.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.8.W1.S1) and character.