Leviticus 23:37:8Lev.23.37.W8TAB
לְהַקְרִ֨יב
lehakriv
“to offer”
- Transliteration
- le-hak-RIV
- Extended
- leh-hak-REEV
- IPA
- /ləhaqˈriːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to offer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-hak-RIV
- phraseyour reading level
le-hak-RIV ish-SHEH
- 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
Rootqoph-resh-bet
“to bring near”
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 23:37:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 23:37, so the Hebrew word לְהַקְרִ֨יב (lehakriv) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.37.W8.S1) and character.