Leviticus 26:40:7Lev.26.40.W7TAB
מָֽעֲלוּ־בִ֑י
maaluvi
“acted treacherously against me”
- Transliteration
- ma-a-LU-VI
- Extended
- mah-ah-LOO-VEE
- IPA
- /ma.ʕa.luˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- acted treacherously against me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ma-a-LU-VI
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ma-a-LU-VI
- clause
ve-hit-va-DU et-a-vo-NAM ve-ET-a-VON a-vo-TAM be-ma-a-LAM a-SHER ma-a-LU-VI
- sentence
ve-hit-va-DU et-a-vo-NAM ve-ET-a-VON a-vo-TAM be-ma-a-LAM a-SHER ma-a-LU-VI ve-AF a-SHER-hal-KHU im-MI be-KE-ri
Exegesis
The clause bemaalam {בְּמַעֲלָם | bə-ma‘ălām} ‘in their treachery’ is specified by the relative clause maalubi {מָעֲלוּ־בִי | mā‘ălû-bî} ‘they acted unfaithfully against me’, where the perfect verbal form conveys a definitive covenant breach.
Root and etymology
m-ʿ-lmem–ayin–lamed
“to act unfaithfully, treachery”
In context — Leviticus 26:40
And they will confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they committed against Me—and also that they walked with Me in hostility.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 26:40:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 26:40, so the Hebrew word מָֽעֲלוּ־בִ֑י (maaluvi) 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.26.40.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.40.W7.S1) and character.