Psalm 22:18:4Ps.22.18.W4TABWLC Psalms 22:19
וְעַל־לְב֝וּשִׁ֗י
veallevushi
“and for my clothing”
- Transliteration
- ve-AL-le-VU-shi
- Extended
- veh-AHL-leh-VOO-shee
- IPA
- /wə.ʕal.lə.vuːˈʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for my clothing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AL-le-VU-shi
- clause
ve-AL-le-VU-shi ya-fi-LU go-RAL
- sentence
ye-khal-KE-ku be-ga-DAI la-HEM ve-AL-le-VU-shi ya-fi-LU go-RAL
Exegesis
The conjunction veal {וְעַל־ | wə-ʿal} ‘and upon’ introduces the next object levushi {לְבוּשִׁי | lə-ḇū-ši} ‘my clothing’, which is thrown by the Hiphil imperfect yapilu {יַפִּילוּ | ya-pi-lū} ‘they cast’.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–bet–shin
“to clothe”
In context — Psalm 22:18
They divide my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots .
About this coordinate
Psalm 22:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Psalm 22:18, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־לְב֝וּשִׁ֗י (veallevushi) 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 Ps.22.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.22.18.W4.S1) and character.