Leviticus 19:21:5Lev.19.21.W5TAB
אֹ֣הֶל
ohel
“tent of”
- Transliteration
- O-hel
- Extended
- OH-hehl
- IPA
- /ˈʔo.hɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- tent of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
O-hel
- phraseyour reading level
O-hel mo-ED
- clause
ve-he-VEE et-ah-sha-MO la-YEH-ho-VAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
ve-he-VEE et-ah-sha-MO la-YEH-ho-VAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED EIL a-SHAM
Exegesis
Location is specified by el {אֶל | ʼel} plus petakh {פֶּתַח | pə-ṯaḥ} ‘entrance’, further defined by the construct chain ohel moed {אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד | ʼō-hel mō-‛êḏ} ‘tent of meeting’.
Root and etymology
RootAleph, He, Lamed
“tent”
In context — Leviticus 19:21
And he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram as a guilt offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 19:21, so the Hebrew word אֹ֣הֶל (ohel) 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.19.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.21.W5.S1) and character.