Leviticus 18:9:4Lev.18.9.W4TAB
א֣וֹ
oh
“or”
- Transliteration
- OH
- Extended
- OH
- IPA
- /ʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
OH
- phraseyour reading level
OH vat-i-MEKH-kha
- clause
er-VAT a-KHOT-kha vat-a-VEE-kha OH vat-i-MEKH-kha mo-LE-det BA-yit OH mo-LE-det KHUTS
- sentence
er-VAT a-KHOT-kha vat-a-VEE-kha OH vat-i-MEKH-kha mo-LE-det BA-yit OH mo-LE-det KHUTS LO te-gal-LEH er-va-TAN
Exegesis
The disjunction o {אוֹ | ʾō} ‘or’ links bat-avikha {בַת־אָבִיךָ | baṯ-ʾā·vî-kha} and bat-ammikha {בַת־אִמֶּךָ | baṯ-ʾim·mē-kha}, specifying paternal versus maternal descent.
Root and etymology
ט־מ־אtaw-mem-aleph
“to be/become unclean”
In context — Leviticus 18:9
The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother, whether born in the house or born outside, you shall not uncover their nakedness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 18:9, so the Hebrew word א֣וֹ (oh) 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.18.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.9.W4.S1) and character.