Leviticus 13:11:4Lev.13.11.W4TAB
בְּע֣וֹר
beor
“in the skin”
- Transliteration
- be-OR
- Extended
- beh-OHR
- IPA
- /bəˈʕoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the skin
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-OR
- phraseyour reading level
be-OR be-sa-RO
- 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 locative phrase be-'or {בְּע֣וֹר | bə-ʿôr} ‘in skin’ with the possessive construct be-saro {בְּשָׂרוֹ | bə-sā-rô} ‘of his flesh’ specifies condition and site.
Root and etymology
‘-v-rayin–vav–resh
“skin, hide”
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 13:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 13:11, so the Hebrew word בְּע֣וֹר (beor) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.11.W4.S1) and character.