עֹֽל׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עֹֽל׃

   OL

   a yoke.
2. clause🔊 דַּבֵּ֣ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְיִקְח֣וּ אֵלֶיךָ֩ פָרָ֨ה אֲדֻמָּ֜ה תְּמִימָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵֽין־בָּהּ֙ מוּם אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־עָלָ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ עֹֽל׃

   da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU e-LEI-kha fa-RAH a-du-MAH te-mi-MAH a-SHER EIN-bah MUM a-SHER LO-a-LAH a-LEI-ha OL

   Speak to the sons of Israel and let them take to you a cow red without defect which there is not in her blemish which has not gone up upon her a yoke.
3. sentence🔊 זֹ֚את חֻקַּ֣ת הַתּוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר דַּבֵּ֣ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְיִקְח֣וּ אֵלֶיךָ֩ פָרָ֨ה אֲדֻמָּ֜ה תְּמִימָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵֽין־בָּהּ֙ מוּם אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־עָלָ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ עֹֽל׃

   ZOT khu-KAT ha-to-RAH a-SHER-tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU e-LEI-kha fa-RAH a-du-MAH te-mi-MAH a-SHER EIN-bah MUM a-SHER LO-a-LAH a-LEI-ha OL

   This is the statute of the law that commanded the LORD saying Speak to the sons of Israel and let them take to you a cow red without defect which there is not in her blemish which has not gone up upon her a yoke.

Exegesis

The description of the heifer pārah ’ăḏummâh təmîmâh {פָרָה אֲדֻמָּה תְּמִימָה | pārâh ’ăḏummâh təmîmâh} ‘heifer, red, perfect’ is followed by two asher-clauses specifying sacrificial purity: ’asher-’ên-bāh-mūm {אֲשֶׁר אֵין־בָּהּ מוּם | ’asher-’ên-bāh-mūm} ‘in which there is no blemish’ and ’asher-lô-’ālâh-’āleyhā-’ôl {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה עָלֶיהָ עֹל | ’asher-lô-’ālâh-’āleyhā-’ôl} ‘upon which no yoke has come’, emphasizing non-servitude. English renders preserve the Hebrew sequence and legal imperative tone while clarifying clause functions.

Root and etymology

‘-w-l🔊 ע־ו־לAyin-Vav-Lamed

“yoke, burden”

• 🔊 עֹלolyokeJeremiah 28:10