Leviticus 22:18:3Lev.22.18.W3TAB
וְאֶל־בָּנָ֗יו
vehelbanav
“and to his sons”
- Transliteration
- veh-el-ba-NAV
- Extended
- veh-ehl-bah-NAHV
- IPA
- /vəʔɛl.baˈnav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to his sons
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-el-ba-NAV
- clause
dab-BER el-a-ha-RON veh-el-ba-NAV veh-EL kol-be-NAY yis-ra-EL veh-a-mar-TA ah-le-HEM
- sentence
dab-BER el-a-ha-RON veh-el-ba-NAV veh-EL kol-be-NAY yis-ra-EL veh-a-mar-TA ah-le-HEM ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yak-RIV kor-ba-NO le-kol-nid-re-HEM u-le-kol-nid-vo-TAM a-sher-yak-ri-VOO la-ye-ho-VAH le-o-LAH
Exegesis
The coordinated recipients el-Aharon, we-el-banav, we-el-kol-benei-Yisrael {אֶל־אַהֲרֹן, וְאֶל־בָּנָיו, וְאֶל־כָּל־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel-ʾăhărōn, wə-ʾel-bānāyw, wə-ʾel-kol-bənê-yiśrāʾēl} extend the instruction from the priestly family to the wider community.
In context — Leviticus 22:18
Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: Any man, any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigner in Israel who brings his offering for all their vows or for all their freewill offerings that they bring to the LORD as a burnt offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 22:18, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־בָּנָ֗יו (vehelbanav) 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.22.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.18.W3.S1) and character.