Leviticus 21:7:13Lev.21.7.W13TAB
לֵאלֹהָֽיו׃
lehehlohaav
“to his God”
- Transliteration
- leh-eh-lo-HAAV
- Extended
- leh-eh-lo-HAAV
- IPA
- /le.ʔɛ.lo.ˈhaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
leh-eh-lo-HAAV
- clause
KEE-kah-DOSH HU leh-eh-lo-HAAV
- sentence
ih-SHAH zo-NAH va-kha-la-LAH LO yi-KA-KHU ve-ih-SHAH ge-ru-SHAH meh-ih-SHAH LO yi-KA-KHU KEE-kah-DOSH HU leh-eh-lo-HAAV
Exegesis
The causal clause kî qā-dôš hûʾ lê-ʾĕ-lō-hāyw {כִּי־קָדֹשׁ הוּא לֵאלֹהָיו | kî qā-dôš hûʾ lê-ʾĕ-lō-hāyw} explains the reason: the pronoun hûʾ refers to the priest, qā-dôš predicates his consecration, and the prepositional phrase lê-ʾĕ-lō-hāyw marks the divine focus of his service. The parallel structure and repeated prohibition underscore the elevated standards of priestly marriage.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-hʾ-l-h
“God”
In context — Leviticus 21:7
They must not take a wife who is a prostitute or a profaned woman; nor shall they take a divorced woman from her husband, because he is holy to his God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:7:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 21:7, so the Hebrew word לֵאלֹהָֽיו׃ (lehehlohaav) 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.21.7.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.7.W13.S1) and character.