Leviticus 23:20:4Lev.23.20.W4TAB

עַל֩

al

upon

Transliteration
AL
Extended
AHL
IPA
/ʕal/

Meaning by language

English
upon

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    AL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA

  3. clause

    ve-he-NIF ha-ko-HEN o-TAM AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-SHNEI ke-va-SIM

  4. sentence

    ve-he-NIF ha-ko-HEN o-TAM AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-SHNEI ke-va-SIM KO-desh yih-YU la-ye-ho-VAH la-ko-HEN

Exegesis

Two parallel prepositional phrases al lehem habbikkurim {עַל לֶחֶם הַבִּכּוּרִים | ʿal-leḥem habbikkûrîm} ‘with the bread of the firstfruits’ and al-shenei kevasim {עַל־שְׁנֵ֖י כְּבָשִׂ֑ים | ʿal-šenê ke-ḇā-šîm} ‘with the two lambs’ specify the materials of the offering.

Root and etymology

Rootayin–lamed–he

to ascend

In contextLeviticus 23:20

And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits, with the two lambs, before the LORD as a wave offering. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 23:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 23:20, so the Hebrew word עַל֩ (al) 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.23.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.20.W4.S1) and character.