Leviticus 25:24:4Lev.25.24.W4TAB
גְּאֻלָּ֖ה
geulah
“redemption”
- Transliteration
- ge-u-LAH
- Extended
- geh-oo-LAA
- IPA
- /ɡə.ʔuˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- redemption
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| 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
ge-u-LAH
- clause
ge-u-LAH tit-te-NU la-A-rets
- sentence
u-ve-KOL EH-rets a-khu-ZAT-khem ge-u-LAH tit-te-NU la-A-rets
Exegesis
The absolute noun geulah {גְּאֻלָּ֖ה | gə-ʾû-lāh} ‘redemption’ functions as the object of the imperfect verb tittenu {תִּתְּנ֥וּ | tit-ten-û} ‘you shall give’, which expresses obligation.
Root and etymology
ג־א־ל
“to redeem or reclaim”
In context — Leviticus 25:24
And in all the land of your possession, you shall provide redemption for the land .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 25:24, so the Hebrew word גְּאֻלָּ֖ה (geulah) 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.25.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.24.W4.S1) and character.