Leviticus 22:9:3Lev.22.9.W3TAB

וְלֹֽא־יִשְׂא֤וּ

veloyisu

not bear

Transliteration
ve-LO-yis-U
Extended
veh-LOH-yis-OO
IPA
/vəloː.jisˈʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
not bear

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + לֹֽא + יִשְׂ + א֤וּ
ve + lo + yis + u
veloyisu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-LO-yis-U

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LO-yis-U a-LAV

  3. clause

    ve-sham-RU et-mish-mar-TI ve-LO-yis-U a-LAV KHET u-me-TU VO ki ye-khal-le-LOO-hu

  4. sentence

    ve-sham-RU et-mish-mar-TI ve-LO-yis-U a-LAV KHET u-me-TU VO ki ye-khal-le-LOO-hu a-NI Ye-ho-VAH me-kad-SHAM

Exegesis

The negative clause velo yis’u alav chet {וְלֹא־יִשְׂאוּ עָלָיו חֵטְא | wə-lō yiś-’û ’ă-lāy-w ḥē-ṭā} uses the imperfect yis’u ‘they will bear’ with the prepositional suffix alav and noun chet to describe bearing sin.

Root and etymology

aleph-yod-shinaleph-yod-shin

man, individual

In contextLeviticus 22:9

And they shall keep My charge so that they do not bear sin upon it and die in it, because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 22:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 22:9, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־יִשְׂא֤וּ (veloyisu) 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.22.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.9.W3.S1) and character.