Leviticus 13:10:7Lev.13.10.W7TAB
הָפְכָ֖ה
hafkhah
“turned”
- Transliteration
- haf-KHAH
- Extended
- hahf-KHAA
- IPA
- /haːf.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- turned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
haf-KHAH
- 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 13:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 13:10, so the Hebrew word הָפְכָ֖ה (hafkhah) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.10.W7.S1) and character.