Leviticus 13:10:6Lev.13.10.W6TAB
וְהִ֕יא
vehhi
“and it”
- Transliteration
- veh-HI
- Extended
- veh-HEE
- IPA
- /və.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
veh-HI
- clause
veh-rah-AH ha-ko-HEN veh-hi-NEH seh-et-leh-va-NAH ba-OR veh-HI haf-KHAH seh-AR la-VAN
- sentence
veh-rah-AH ha-ko-HEN veh-hi-NEH seh-et-leh-va-NAH ba-OR veh-HI haf-KHAH seh-AR la-VAN oo-mikh-YAT ba-SAR KHAI bah-seh-ET
Exegesis
In the next clause, vehi hafkah sear lavan {וְהִ֕יא הָפְכָ֖ה שֵׂעָר לָבָן | wə-hîʾ hāp-khāh sə-‘ā-r lā-vān} ‘and it has turned the hair white’ provides the primary color criterion.
In context — Leviticus 13:10
And the priest shall see, and behold, a white swelling appears in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is a living spot of flesh within the swelling,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 13:10, so the Hebrew word וְהִ֕יא (vehhi) 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 Lev.13.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.10.W6.S1) and character.