Numbers 15:20:3Num.15.20.W3TAB
חַלָּ֖ה
khalah
“a loaf”
- Transliteration
- kha-LAH
- Extended
- khah-LAA
- IPA
- /χalˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a loaf
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-LAH
- clause
re-shIT a-ri-so-te-KHEM kha-LAH ta-ri-MU te-ru-MAH
- sentence
re-shIT a-ri-so-te-KHEM kha-LAH ta-ri-MU te-ru-MAH kit-ru-MAT GO-ren KEN ta-ri-MU o-TAH
Exegesis
The noun challah {חַלָּ֖ה | ḥallâh} ‘loaf’ serves as the direct object of the hiphil verb tarimu {תָּרִ֣ימוּ | ṯārîmû} ‘lift up/offer’, functioning as a jussive command.
Root and etymology
chet-lamed-lamedchet lamed lamed
“to pierce”
In context — Numbers 15:20
From the first of your dough, a loaf you shall lift up as an offering ; as offering from the threshing floor , so you shall lift it up.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 15:20, so the Hebrew word חַלָּ֖ה (khalah) 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 Num.15.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.20.W3.S1) and character.