Leviticus 21:11:1Lev.21.11.W1TAB
וְעַ֛ל
veal
“and upon”
- Transliteration
- ve-AL
- Extended
- veh-AHL
- IPA
- /vəˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and upon
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AL
- clause
ve-AL kol-naf-SHOT MET LO ya-VO
- sentence
ve-AL kol-naf-SHOT MET LO ya-VO le-a-VIV oo-le-im-MO LO yih-ta-MA
Exegesis
The prohibition begins with the connective prepositional phrase veal {וְעַ֛ל | wə-ʿal} ‘and upon’, linking this command to the preceding purity laws and marking the domain of forbidden contact.
In context — Leviticus 21:11
He shall not enter where any dead is, nor shall he become unclean for his father or his mother.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 21:11, so the Hebrew word וְעַ֛ל (veal) 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.21.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.11.W1.S1) and character.