Leviticus 18:21:3Lev.18.21.W3TAB
לְהַעֲבִ֣יר
lehhaavir
“to pass”
- Transliteration
- leh-ha-a-VIR
- Extended
- leh-ha-ah-VEER
- IPA
- /lə.ha.ʕaˈviːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to pass
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
leh-ha-a-VIR
- phraseyour reading level
leh-ha-a-VIR la-MO-lekh
- clause
oo-mih-zahr-ah-KHA loh-ti-TEN leh-ha-a-VIR la-MO-lekh
- sentence
oo-mih-zahr-ah-KHA loh-ti-TEN leh-ha-a-VIR la-MO-lekh ve-LO te-kha-LEL et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The Hiphil infinitive le-ha‘avir {לְהַעֲבִ֣יר | lə-ha-‘a-wîr} ‘to cause to pass over’ expresses a deliberate cultic action, specified as passing through the fire.
In context — Leviticus 18:21
And from your offspring you shall not give to Molech to make them pass through the fire, and you shall not profane the name of your God . I am the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 18:21, so the Hebrew word לְהַעֲבִ֣יר (lehhaavir) 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.18.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.21.W3.S1) and character.