Leviticus 21:12:14Lev.21.12.W14TAB
עָלָ֖יו
alav
“upon him”
- Transliteration
- a-LAV
- Extended
- ah-LAHV
- IPA
- /ʕaˈlaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LAV
- clause
KI NE-zer SHE-men mish-KHAT e-lo-HAV a-LAV a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
oo-min-hah-mik-DASH LO ye-TSE ve-LO ye-khal-LEL ET mik-DASH e-lo-HAV KI NE-zer SHE-men mish-KHAT e-lo-HAV a-LAV a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The causal conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ leads into the complex noun phrase nēzer še·men mišḥat ʾĕlōhāyōw {נֵ֠זֶר שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת אֱלֹהָיו | nē·zer še·men miš·ḥat ʾĕ·lō·hā·yōw} ‘the consecration of the anointing oil of his God’, where nested constructs underscore the priest’s dedicated status (ʿalāyōw {עָלָיו | ʿă·lā·yōw} ‘upon him’).
In context — Leviticus 21:12
And he shall not go out from the sanctuary, nor desecrate the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 21:12, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֖יו (alav) 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.21.12.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.12.W14.S1) and character.