Leviticus 26:39:4Lev.26.39.W4TAB
בּֽ͏ַעֲוֺנָ֔ם
baavonaam
“because of their iniquity”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-vo-NAAM
- Extended
- bah-ah-voh-NAAM
- IPA
- /ba.ʕa.voˈnaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of their iniquity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-a-vo-NAAM
- clause
veh-han-nish-a-REEM bah-KHEM yim-MA-koo ba-a-vo-NAAM be-ar-TSOT oy-vey-KHEM
- sentence
veh-han-nish-a-REEM bah-KHEM yim-MA-koo ba-a-vo-NAAM be-ar-TSOT oy-vey-KHEM veh-AF ba-a-vo-NOHT a-vo-TAAM it-TAAM yim-MAA-koo
Exegesis
The causal locative baavonam {בַּעֲוֺנָם | ba-ʿă-wo-nām} ‘in their iniquity’ provides motive, and the locative bearzot oyveykhem {בְּאַרְצֹת אֹיְבֵיכֶם | be-’ar-ṣōt ’ōy-ve-ḵem} ‘in the lands of your enemies’ locates the judgment.
Root and etymology
RootʿAyin Vav Nun
“to twist or pervert”
In context — Leviticus 26:39
And those who remain among you will waste away in their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers they will waste away with them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 26:39:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 26:39, so the Hebrew word בּֽ͏ַעֲוֺנָ֔ם (baavonaam) 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.26.39.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.39.W4.S1) and character.