Leviticus 22:12:5Lev.22.12.W5TAB
זָ֑ר
zar
“foreign”
- Transliteration
- ZAR
- Extended
- ZAAR
- IPA
- /zaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- foreign
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ZAR
- phraseyour reading level
leh-EESH ZAR
- clause
oo-vat-ko-HEN KEE tih-YEH leh-EESH ZAR
- sentence
oo-vat-ko-HEN KEE tih-YEH leh-EESH ZAR HEE bit-eh-roo-MAT ha-ko-da-SHIM LO to-KHEL
Exegesis
Leish zar {לְאִישׁ זָר | lə-ʾîš zār} ‘to a man foreign’ specifies marriage outside the priestly line.
Root and etymology
z-rzayin-resh
“strange, foreign”
In context — Leviticus 22:12
And if a daughter of a priest becomes the wife of a layman , she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy things.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 22:12, so the Hebrew word זָ֑ר (zar) 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.22.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.12.W5.S1) and character.