Numbers 19:20:17Num.19.20.W17TAB
עָלָ֖יו
alav
“upon him”
- Transliteration
- a-LAV
- Extended
- ah-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʕaˈlav/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon him
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
lo-zo-RAK a-LAV
- clause
KI ET-mik-DASH Ye-ho-VAH ti-ME MEI nid-DA lo-zo-RAK a-LAV ta-ME HU
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER-yit-MA ve-LO yit-khat-TA ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HU mit-TOkh ha-ka-HAL KI ET-mik-DASH Ye-ho-VAH ti-ME MEI nid-DA lo-zo-RAK a-LAV ta-ME HU
Root and etymology
‘-w-lAyin-Vav-Lamed
“yoke, burden”
In context — Numbers 19:20
And any man who becomes unclean and does not purify himself shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD ; the water of impurity was not sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 19:20, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֖יו (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.19.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.20.W17.S1) and character.