Leviticus 13:11:3Lev.13.11.W3TAB

הִוא֙

hi

it is

Transliteration
HI
Extended
HEE
IPA
/ˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
it is

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    HI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    tsa-RA-at no-SHE-net HI

  3. clause

    tsa-RA-at no-SHE-net HI be-OR be-sa-RO ve-tim-ME-O ha-ko-HEN

  4. 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 pronoun hi {הִוא | hî} ‘it is’ functions as a resumptive identifier.

The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the rationale with tame {טָמֵא | tā-mê} ‘unclean’ and hu {הוּא | hû’} ‘he is’: isolation is redundant for the already unclean.

In contextLeviticus 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 13:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 13:11, so the Hebrew word הִוא֙ (hi) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.11.W3.S1) and character.