Numbers 15:3:5Num.15.3.W5TAB
אוֹ־זֶ֔בַח
ozevakh
“or a sacrifice”
- Transliteration
- o-ZE-vakh
- Extended
- oh-ZEH-vakh
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈzɛvaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- or a sacrifice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-ZE-vakh
- 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
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–ḥet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
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 15:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 15:3, so the Hebrew word אוֹ־זֶ֔בַח (ozevakh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.3.W5.S1) and character.