Numbers 15:3:4Num.15.3.W4TAB
עֹלָ֣ה
olah
“as a burnt offering”
- Transliteration
- o-LAH
- Extended
- oh-LAA
- IPA
- /ʕoˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a burnt offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
o-LAH
- phraseyour reading level
o-LAH o-ZE-vakh
- clause
va-a-si-TEM i-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH o-LAH o-ZE-vakh le-fa-LE-ne-der O bin-da-VAH O be-mo-a-de-KHEM
- sentence
va-a-si-TEM i-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH o-LAH o-ZE-vakh le-fa-LE-ne-der O bin-da-VAH O be-mo-a-de-KHEM la-a-SOT RE-akh ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH min-ha-ba-KAR O min-ha-TSON
Exegesis
The verse presents a catalog of offerings linked by o {אוֹ | ō} ‘or’, enumerating olah {עֹלָה | ʿō-lāh} ‘burnt-offering’, zevaḥ {זֶבַח | zē·ḥaḥ} ‘sacrifice’, le-pallēʾ-nēder {לְפַלֵּא־נֶדֶר | le-pallēʾ-nē-der} ‘for fulfilling a vow’, bindāvāh {בִנְדָבָה | bin-dā-vāh} ‘freewill offering’, and those in be-moʿadeikhem {בְּמֹעֲדֵיכֶם | bə-mō·ʿă-day-ḵem} ‘your appointed times’.
Root and etymology
ע־ל־ה
“to ascend, go up”
In context — Numbers 15:3
And when you offer a fire-offering to the LORD —whether as a burnt-offering or as a sacrifice for fulfilling a vow at your appointed times or as a freewill offering—it shall yield a pleasing aroma to the LORD from the herd or the flock.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 15:3, so the Hebrew word עֹלָ֣ה (olah) 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.15.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.3.W4.S1) and character.