Leviticus 22:3:5Lev.22.3.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרַ֣ב
asheryikrav
“who approaches”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-yik-RAV
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-yik-RAHV
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.jiqˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- who approaches
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-yik-RAV
- phraseyour reading level
kol-EESH a-sher-yik-RAV mi-KOHL-zar-ah-KHEM
- clause
e-MOR a-le-HEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem kol-EESH a-sher-yik-RAV mi-KOHL-zar-ah-KHEM el-ha-koh-da-SHIM a-SHER yak-DEE-SHOO veh-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH veh-TOOM-ah-TOH a-LAV
- sentence
e-MOR a-le-HEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem kol-EESH a-sher-yik-RAV mi-KOHL-zar-ah-KHEM el-ha-koh-da-SHIM a-SHER yak-DEE-SHOO veh-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH veh-TOOM-ah-TOH a-LAV veh-nikh-re-TAH ha-NE-fesh ha-HI mil-le-fa-NAI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher yikrav mikolzaraakhem {אֲשֶׁר-יִקְרַב מִכָּל-זַרְעֲכֶם | ʾă-šer yiq-rāv mik-kōl-zar-ə-ḵem} ‘who draws near from all your offspring’ links individual approach to lineage.
In context — Leviticus 22:3
Say to them, “For your generations every man who draws near from among any of your offspring to the holy things which the sons of Israel consecrate to the LORD , while his uncleanness is upon him — that soul shall be cut off from before Me . I am the LORD.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 22:3, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרַ֣ב (asheryikrav) 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.22.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.3.W5.S1) and character.