Leviticus 17:8:11Lev.17.8.W11TAB
עֹלָ֖ה
olah
“burnt offering”
- Transliteration
- o-LAH
- Extended
- oh-LAH
- IPA
- /ʕo.ˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- burnt offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-LAH
- 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
The final coordination olah o-zevach {עֹלָה אוֹ־זָֽבַח | ʿô-lâ ʾō-ze-vāḥ} presents alternative sacrificial types, preserving the legal distinctions.
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 17:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 17:8, so the Hebrew word עֹלָ֖ה (olah) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.8.W11.S1) and character.