Numbers 19:17:7Num.19.17.W7TAB
עָלָ֛יו
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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-TAN a-LAV
- clause
ve-na-TAN a-LAV MA-yim kha-YIM el-KE-li
- sentence
ve-lak-KHU la-ta-ME me-a-FAR se-re-FAT ha-kha-TAT ve-na-TAN a-LAV MA-yim kha-YIM el-KE-li
Root and etymology
‘-w-lAyin-Vav-Lamed
“yoke, burden”
In context — Numbers 19:17
And they shall take for the unclean person from the ashes of the burned sin-offering, and they shall put living water into a vessel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 19:17, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֛יו (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.19.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.17.W7.S1) and character.