Leviticus 24:2:10Lev.24.2.W10TAB
לַמָּא֑וֹר
lamaor
“for the light”
- Transliteration
- la-ma-OR
- Extended
- lah-mah-OHR
- IPA
- /lam.maˈʔoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the light
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
la-ma-OR
- clause
TSAV ET-be-NEE yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU eh-LE-kha SHE-men ZA-yit ZAKH ka-TIT la-ma-OR
- sentence
TSAV ET-be-NEE yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU eh-LE-kha SHE-men ZA-yit ZAKH ka-TIT la-ma-OR le-ha-a-LOT NER ta-MEED
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lama’or {לַמָּאוֹר | la-mā-’ôr} ‘for the light’ indicates purpose, followed by the Hiphil infinitive construct leha’alot {לְהַעֲלֹת | lə-ha-‘a-lōt} ‘to cause to go up’ governing ner {נֵר | nēr} ‘lamp’.
In context — Leviticus 24:2
Command the sons of Israel to bring you pure olive oil that has been beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 24:2, so the Hebrew word לַמָּא֑וֹר (lamaor) 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.24.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.2.W10.S1) and character.