Leviticus 24:2:11Lev.24.2.W11TAB
לְהַעֲלֹ֥ת
lehaalot
“to raise”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-a-LOT
- Extended
- leh-ha-ah-LOHT
- IPA
- /ləhaʕaˈloːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to raise
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
le-ha-a-LOT
- phraseyour reading level
le-ha-a-LOT NER
- clause
le-ha-a-LOT NER ta-MEED
- 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 24:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 24:2, so the Hebrew word לְהַעֲלֹ֥ת (lehaalot) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.2.W11.S1) and character.