Leviticus 5:2:7Lev.5.2.W7TAB
א֖וֹ
oh
“or”
- Transliteration
- OH
- Extended
- OHH
- IPA
- /ˈʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
OH
- sentence
OH NE-fesh a-SHER ti-GA beh-khol-dah-VAR ta-MEH OH beh-niv-LAT khai-YA teh-meh-AH OH neh-veh-LAT beh-heh-MAH teh-meh-AH OH bi-neh-veh-LAT SHE-rets tah-MEH veh-neh-LAM mi-meh-NOO veh-HOO tah-MEH veh-ah-SHEM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the disjunctive marker o {אוֹ | ô} ‘or’, signaling an additional case in a legal series.
A tricolon of benivlat {בְּנִבְלַת | bə-niv-lāṯ} ‘in the carcass of’ plus tme’ah/tame {טְמֵאָה/טָמֵא | ṭemeʾāh/tāmē} ‘unclean’ enumerates three categories, each coordinated by o {אוֹ | ô} ‘or’.
In context — Leviticus 5:2
Or if a person touches any unclean thing, the carcass of an unclean wild animal, a domestic beast, or a swarming creature, and it is hidden from him, he is unclean and guilty .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 5:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 5:2, so the Hebrew word א֖וֹ (oh) 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.5.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.5.2.W7.S1) and character.