Leviticus 23:37:11Lev.23.37.W11TAB
עֹלָ֧ה
olah
“burnt offering”
- Transliteration
- o-LAH
- Extended
- oh-LAA
- IPA
- /ʕoˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- burnt offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-LAH
- phraseyour reading level
o-LAH u-min-CHA
- clause
le-hak-RIV ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH o-LAH u-min-CHA ZE-vakh u-ne-sa-KHIM de-var-YOM be-yo-MO
- sentence
E-le mo-a-DEI Ye-ho-VAH a-sher-tik-re-OO o-TAM mik-ra-EI KO-desh le-hak-RIV ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH o-LAH u-min-CHA ZE-vakh u-ne-sa-KHIM de-var-YOM be-yo-MO
Exegesis
The Hiphil infinitive construct lehakriv {לְהַקְרִ֨יב | lə-hakrīv} ‘to bring near’ introduces isheh {אִשֶּׁ֜ה | ʾiššêh} ‘fire-offering’, olah {עֹלָ֧ה | ʿō-lāh} ‘burnt offering’, minchah {וּמִנְחָ֛ה | û-minḥāh} ‘grain offering’, zevach {זֶ֥בַח | ze-vaḥ} ‘sacrifice’, and nesakhim {וּנְסָכִ֖ים | û-nəsāḵîm} ‘drink offerings’.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–lamed–he
“to ascend”
In context — Leviticus 23:37
These are the appointed times of the LORD , which you shall proclaim as holy convocations , to bring near a fire-offering for the LORD—burnt offering and grain offering, sacrifice and drink offerings—each on its proper day.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:37:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 23:37, so the Hebrew word עֹלָ֧ה (olah) 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.23.37.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.37.W11.S1) and character.