Leviticus 20:24:13Lev.20.24.W13TAB
חָלָ֖ב
khalav
“milk”
- Transliteration
- kha-LAV
- Extended
- khaa-LAAV
- IPA
- /ħaːˈlaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- milk
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-LAV
- 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’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-b
“milk, richness”
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 20:24:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 20:24, so the Hebrew word חָלָ֖ב (khalav) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.24.W13.S1) and character.