Leviticus 21:2:3Lev.21.2.W3TAB
הַקָּרֹ֖ב
hakarov
“the close one”
- Transliteration
- ha-ka-ROV
- Extended
- hah-kah-ROHV
- IPA
- /haq.qa.ˈroːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the close one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ka-ROV
- clause
KI im-li-she-RO ha-ka-ROV e-LAV
- sentence
KI im-li-she-RO ha-ka-ROV e-LAV leh-im-MO oo-leh-ah-VIV veh-liv-NO oo-leh-bit-TO oo-leh-ah-KHIV
Exegesis
The participle hakārôv {הַקָּרֹב | hak-qā-rōv} ‘the close one’ appears in apposition to lišʾērô to specify proximity.
Root and etymology
ק־ר־ב
“to draw near”
In context — Leviticus 21:2
But only for his close relative , who is the close one to him, to his mother, to his father, to his son, to his daughter, and to his brother.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 21:2, so the Hebrew word הַקָּרֹ֖ב (hakarov) 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.21.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.2.W3.S1) and character.