Numbers 15:6:2Num.15.6.W2TAB
לָאַ֙יִל֙
laayil
“for a ram”
- Transliteration
- la-A-yil
- Extended
- laa-AH-yeel
- IPA
- /laːˈʔajil/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a ram
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
la-A-yil
- phraseyour reading level
OH la-A-yil
- clause
OH la-A-yil ta-a-SEH min-KHA SO-let she-NEI e-sro-NIM
- sentence
OH la-A-yil ta-a-SEH min-KHA SO-let she-NEI e-sro-NIM be-lu-LA va-SHE-men she-li-SHEET ha-HIN
Exegesis
The preposition la’ayil {לָאַ֙יִל֙ | lā-ʾāyil} ‘for a ram’ marks the intended animal.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–lamed
“ram, strong”
In context — Numbers 15:6
Or, for a ram you shall prepare a grain offering of fine flour —two tenths of an ephah—mixed with oil, a third of a hin .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 15:6, so the Hebrew word לָאַ֙יִל֙ (laayil) 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.15.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.6.W2.S1) and character.