Numbers 15:8:4Num.15.8.W4TAB
אוֹ־זָ֑בַח
ozavakh
“or a sacrifice”
- Transliteration
- o-za-VAkh
- Extended
- oh-zah-VAHKH
- IPA
- /ʔoː.zaˈvaħ/
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 | |
| 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
o-za-VAkh
- 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
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–ḥet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
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 15:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 15:8, so the Hebrew word אוֹ־זָ֑בַח (ozavakh) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.8.W4.S1) and character.