Numbers 15:8:3Num.15.8.W3TAB
עֹלָ֣ה
olah
“as a burnt offering”
- Transliteration
- o-LAH
- Extended
- oh-LAAH
- 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-za-VAkh
- clause
ve-KHI-ta-a-SEH ven-ba-KAR o-LAH o-za-VAkh
- sentence
ve-KHI-ta-a-SEH ven-ba-KAR o-LAH o-za-VAkh le-pal-LE-ne-der o-shle-MIM la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The terms olah {עֹלָ֣ה | ʿōlāh} ‘burnt offering’ and ozakh {אוֹ־זָ֑בַח | ʾōzāḥ} ‘sacrifice’ form a paratactic series.
Root and etymology
ע־ל־ה
“to ascend, go up”
In context — Numbers 15:8
And when you present a young bull as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as peace offerings to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 15:8, 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.15.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.8.W3.S1) and character.