Leviticus 20:27:5Lev.20.27.W5TAB
א֛וֹב
ov
“medium”
- Transliteration
- OV
- Extended
- OHV
- IPA
- /ˈʔoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- medium
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
OV
- phraseyour reading level
kee-yih-YEH va-HEM OV
- clause
veh-ISH oh-ish-SHAH kee-yih-YEH va-HEM OV oh yid-eh-oh-NEE MOT yoo-ma-TU
- sentence
veh-ISH oh-ish-SHAH kee-yih-YEH va-HEM OV oh yid-eh-oh-NEE MOT yoo-ma-TU bah-EH-ven yir-geh-MOO oh-TAM deh-MEE-HEM BAM
Exegesis
The parallel terms ʾôb and yidʿōnî {אוֹב יִדְּעֹנִי | ʾôb yidʿōnî} specify forbidden spirit practices in synonymous legal parallelism.
Root and etymology
ʾ-w-b
“divining, medium”
In context — Leviticus 20:27
Any man or woman who is a medium or a spiritist shall surely be put to death; with stones they shall stone them; their blood is upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 20:27, so the Hebrew word א֛וֹב (ov) 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.20.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.27.W5.S1) and character.