Leviticus 22:16:3Lev.22.16.W3TAB
עֲוֺ֣ן
ahvon
“iniquity”
- Transliteration
- ah-VON
- Extended
- ah-VOHN
- IPA
- /ʕăˈvoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- iniquity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ah-VON
- phraseyour reading level
ah-VON ash-MAH
- clause
veh-hi-SEE-u oh-TAM ah-VON ash-MAH be-akh-LAM et-kad-SHEY-hem
- sentence
veh-hi-SEE-u oh-TAM ah-VON ash-MAH be-akh-LAM et-kad-SHEY-hem KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH meh-kad-SHAM
Exegesis
The hendiadic pair avon {עֲוֺ֣ן | ʿăwôn} ‘guilt’ and ashmah {אַשְׁמָ֔ה | ʾăšmāh} ‘liability’ intensifies culpability.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–waw–nun
“perversion”
In context — Leviticus 22:16
And they shall not cause them to bear liability in eating their holy offerings, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 22:16, so the Hebrew word עֲוֺ֣ן (ahvon) 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.22.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.16.W3.S1) and character.