Leviticus 20:24:12Lev.20.24.W12TAB

זָבַ֥ת

zavat

“flowing with”

Transliteration: za-VAT
Extended: za-VAT
IPA: /zaːˈvat/

Meaning by language

English: flowing with

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Result

זָ + בַ֥ת

↓

za + vat

↓

zavat

Alphabet Analysis

	Zayin	z as in zero
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Tav	t as in top

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Word in context

word
za-VAT
phraseyour reading level
za-VAT kha-LAV
clause
va-o-MAR la-KHEM AT-tem teer-SHOO et-ad-ma-TAM va-a-NI et-ne-NAH la-KHEM la-RE-shet o-TAH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-DVASH
sentence
va-o-MAR la-KHEM AT-tem teer-SHOO et-ad-ma-TAM va-a-NI et-ne-NAH la-KHEM la-RE-shet o-TAH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-DVASH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAY-khem a-SHER-hiv-DAL-ti et-KHEM min-ha-a-MEEM

Exegesis

The noun phrase erets zavat khalav udvash {אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָ֑שׁ | ʾe-reṣ zā-ḇat ḥā-lāḇ u-ḏə-ḇāš} depicts a land characterized by continual abundance through the participle zavat ‘flowing’.

In context — Leviticus 20:24

But I said to you, "You will inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God , who has set you apart from the nations."

About this coordinate

Leviticus 20:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 20:24, so the Hebrew word זָבַ֥ת (zavat) 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.20.24.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.24.W12.S1) and character.

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