Leviticus 27:13:1Lev.27.13.W1TAB
וְאִם־גָּאֹ֖ל
vehihmgaol
“but if”
- Transliteration
- veh-ihm-ga-OL
- Extended
- veh-ihm-gah-OHL
- IPA
- /vəʔim.ɡaˈʔoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- but if
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ihm-ga-OL
- clause
veh-ihm-ga-OL yig-a-LE-na
- sentence
veh-ihm-ga-OL yig-a-LE-na veh-yah-SAF khah-mee-shee-TO al-ehr-KEH-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional conjunction ve’im {וְאִם | wə-ʾim} ‘and if,’ introducing a protasis.
The infinitive absolute gaʾal {גָּאֹ֖ל | gāʾōl} ‘redeem’ paired with the imperfect yig’alenah {יִגְאָלֶ֑נָּה | yiġʾālēnnāh} ‘he redeems it’ forms an emphatic expression of the potential action.
Root and etymology
g-’-lgimel-aleph-lamed
“to redeem, reclaim”
In context — Leviticus 27:13
And if he redeems it, then he shall add a fifth of its value upon your valuation .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 27:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 27:13, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־גָּאֹ֖ל (vehihmgaol) 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.27.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.27.13.W1.S1) and character.