Leviticus 18:25:5Lev.18.25.W5TAB
עָלֶ֑יהָ
aleya
“upon it”
- Transliteration
- a-LE-ya
- Extended
- ah-LEH-YAA
- IPA
- /ʕa.ˈlɛ.jaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
a-LE-ya
- clause
va-tit-MA ha-A-rets va-ef-KOD a-vo-NAH a-LE-ya
- sentence
va-tit-MA ha-A-rets va-ef-KOD a-vo-NAH a-LE-ya va-ta-KI ha-A-rets et-yosh-VE-ya
Exegesis
The noun avonāh {עֲוֺנָ֖הּ | ‘ă·wō·nāh} ‘iniquity’ functions as the object in the prepositional phrase ʿālehā {עָלֶ֑יהָ | ‘ā·le·hā} ‘upon it’, highlighting accountability.
In context — Leviticus 18:25
And the land became defiled, and I attended to its iniquity upon it, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 18:25, so the Hebrew word עָלֶ֑יהָ (aleya) 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.18.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.25.W5.S1) and character.