Leviticus 13:11:1Lev.13.11.W1TAB
צָרַ֨עַת
tsaraat
“leprous disease”
- Transliteration
- tsa-RA-at
- Extended
- tsah-RAH-at
- IPA
- /tsaˈraʕaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- leprous disease
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-RA-at
- phraseyour reading level
tsa-RA-at no-SHE-net HI
- clause
tsa-RA-at no-SHE-net HI be-OR be-sa-RO ve-tim-ME-O ha-ko-HEN
- sentence
tsa-RA-at no-SHE-net HI be-OR be-sa-RO ve-tim-ME-O ha-ko-HEN LO yas-gi-REN-noo KI ta-ME HU
Exegesis
The verse opens with the diagnostic term tsara'at {צָרַעַת | ṣa-rā-ʿat} ‘chronic skin disease’ followed by the participle noshenet {נוֹשֶׁנֶת | nō-še-net} ‘festering’, forming a technical assessment clause.
Root and etymology
ts-r-‘tsade-resh-ayin
“to strike with a skin disease”
In context — Leviticus 13:11
It is a chronic skin disease in the skin of his flesh, so the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He must not isolate him, because he is unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:11, so the Hebrew word צָרַ֨עַת (tsaraat) 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.13.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.11.W1.S1) and character.