Leviticus 22:4:8Lev.22.4.W8TAB
זָ֔ב
zav
“with a discharge”
- Transliteration
- ZAV
- Extended
- ZAAV
- IPA
- /zaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a discharge
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ZAV
- phraseyour reading level
O ZAV
- clause
ISH ISH mi-ZE-RA a-ha-RON ve-HU tsa-RU-ah O ZAV ba-ko-da-SHIM LO yo-KHAL AD a-SHER yit-HAR
- sentence
ISH ISH mi-ZE-RA a-ha-RON ve-HU tsa-RU-ah O ZAV ba-ko-da-SHIM LO yo-KHAL AD a-SHER yit-HAR veh-ha-no-GEA beh-khol-teh-meh-NEH-fesh O ISH a-SHER-te-TSE mi-me-NU shikh-VAT-ZA-RA
Exegesis
The coordinate disjunction links tsarua {צָר֙וּעַ֙ | ṣā-rû-ʿa} ‘skin disease’ and zav {זָ֔ב | zāḇ} ‘discharge’ under the prohibition lo yoakhal {לֹ֣א יֹאכַ֔ל | lōʾ yō-ʾă-ḵal}.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin-bet-chet
“to slaughter”
In context — Leviticus 22:4
Any man from the offspring of Aaron who is afflicted with a skin disease or has a discharge must not eat the holy things until he is clean. And anyone who touches anything unclean through contact with a dead person or a man with a semen emission must not eat them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 22:4, so the Hebrew word זָ֔ב (zav) 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.22.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.4.W8.S1) and character.