Leviticus 21:14:4Lev.21.14.W4TAB
זֹנָ֔ה
zonah
“prostitute”
- Transliteration
- zo-NAH
- Extended
- zoh-NAAH
- IPA
- /zoːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- prostitute
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
zo-NAH
- phraseyour reading level
va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH
- clause
al-ma-NAH u-ge-roo-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yih-KAAKH
- sentence
al-ma-NAH u-ge-roo-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yih-KAAKH KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yih-KAKH i-SHAH
Root and etymology
z-n-hzayin-nun-he
“to prostitute”
In context — Leviticus 21:14
A widow, a divorced woman, a profaned woman , or a prostitute—these he must not take; but he shall take only a virgin from among his own people as his wife .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 21:14, so the Hebrew word זֹנָ֔ה (zonah) 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.21.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.14.W4.S1) and character.