Leviticus 13:10:9Lev.13.10.W9TAB
לָבָ֑ן
lavan
“white”
- Transliteration
- la-VAN
- Extended
- lah-VAAN
- IPA
- /laː.ˈvaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- white
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-VAN
- phraseyour reading level
seh-AR la-VAN
- 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.
Root and etymology
Rootl-b-n
“white”
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 13:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 13:10, so the Hebrew word לָבָ֑ן (lavan) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.10.W9.S1) and character.