Numbers 19:15:7Num.19.15.W7TAB
עָלָ֑יו
alav
“on it”
- Transliteration
- a-LAV
- Extended
- ah-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʕaˈlav/
Meaning by language
- English
- on it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LAV
- clause
ve-KOL ke-LEE fa-TU-akh a-SHER EIN-tsa-MID pa-TIL a-LAV
- sentence
ve-KOL ke-LEE fa-TU-akh a-SHER EIN-tsa-MID pa-TIL a-LAV ta-ME HU
Exegesis
This is finalized by the prepositional phrase alav {עָלָיו | ʿă-lāy} ‘upon it’, which applies to both nouns.
Root and etymology
‘-w-lAyin-Vav-Lamed
“yoke, burden”
In context — Numbers 19:15
And every open vessel which has no covering fastened upon it is unclean .
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 19:15, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֑יו (alav) 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.19.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.15.W7.S1) and character.