Leviticus 17:8:10Lev.17.8.W10TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲלֶ֥ה
asheryaaleh
“who offers up”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-ya-a-LEH
- Extended
- ah-shehr-yah-ah-LEH
- IPA
- /ʔa.ʃer.ja.ʕaˈle/
Meaning by language
- English
- who offers up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-ya-a-LEH
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ya-a-LEH o-LAH
- clause
a-sher-ya-a-LEH o-LAH o-za-VAKh
- 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
Two successive relative clauses, asher-yagur betokham {אֲשֶׁר־יָג֣וּר בְּתוֹכָ֑ם | ʾă-šer-yā-gūr bə-tō-kām} and asher-ya’aleh {אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲלֶ֥ה | ʾă-šer-yaʿă-lêh}, function as identifying modifiers for residence and cultic action.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-h
“to ascend”
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 17:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 17:8, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲלֶ֥ה (asheryaaleh) 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.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.8.W10.S1) and character.