Leviticus 6:2:4Lev.6.2.W4TABWLC Leviticus 5:21
וּמָעֲלָה
oomaala
“commits”
- Transliteration
- oo-ma-a-LA
- Extended
- oo-mah-ah-LAA
- IPA
- /u.ma.ʕaˈlaː/
Meaning by language
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- commits
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
oo-ma-a-LA
- sentence
NE-fesh KI te-khe-TA oo-ma-a-LA MA-al ba-ye-ho-VAH ve-khi-KHESH ba-a-mee-TO be-pi-ka-DON o-bi-TSU-MET YAD O be-ga-ZEL O a-SHAK ET-a-mee-TO
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect techeta {תֶחֱטָא | teḥeṭāʾ} ‘sins’ (feminine singular) and the Piel perfect uma‘alah {וּמָעֲלָה | umma‘ălāh} ‘acts unfaithfully’ precede the abstract noun ma‘al {מַעַל | ma‘al} ‘breach of trust,’ reinforcing covenantal disloyalty.
Root and etymology
m-‘-lmem-ayin-lamed
“to act unfaithfully, trespass”
In context — Leviticus 6:2
If a person sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD , and denies to his neighbor about a deposit, or about a pledge of the hand, or about theft, or if he extorts from his neighbor,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 6:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 6:2, so the Hebrew word וּמָעֲלָה (oomaala) 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.6.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.6.2.W4.S1) and character.