Numbers 15:5:8Num.15.5.W8TAB
לַזָּ֑בַח
lazavakh
“for the sacrifice”
- Transliteration
- la-ZA-vakh
- Extended
- lah-ZA-vakh
- IPA
- /lazˈzavax/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the sacrifice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
la-ZA-vakh
- phraseyour reading level
OH la-ZA-vakh
- clause
ve-YA-yin la-NE-sekh re-vi-IT ha-HIN ta-a-SEH al-ha-o-LAH OH la-ZA-vakh
- sentence
ve-YA-yin la-NE-sekh re-vi-IT ha-HIN ta-a-SEH al-ha-o-LAH OH la-ZA-vakh la-KE-ves ha-e-KHAD
Exegesis
The coordinated phrases ʿal haʿolah {עַל־הָעֹלָה | ʿal hā·ʿō·lāh} ‘upon the burnt offering’ and ʾō la-zavakh {אוֹ לַזַּבַּח | ʾō la·zā·vaḥ} ‘or for the sacrifice’ present alternative applications.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–ḥet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — Numbers 15:5
And you shall make for the drink offering a quarter of a hin of wine with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice for each lamb .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 15:5, so the Hebrew word לַזָּ֑בַח (lazavakh) 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.15.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.5.W8.S1) and character.