Leviticus 13:12:12Lev.13.12.W12TAB
לְכָל־מַרְאֵ֖ה
lehkolmareh
“for every appearance of”
- Transliteration
- leh-KOL-mar-EH
- Extended
- leh-KOHL-mar-EH
- IPA
- /ləkol.marʔeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for every appearance of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
leh-KOL-mar-EH
- clause
leh-KOL-mar-EH ee-NEE ha-ko-HEN
- sentence
veh-IM-pa-ROH-akh tif-RAKH ha-tsa-RA-at bah-OR veh-khis-TAA ha-tsa-RA-at ET KOL-OR ha-NE-ga me-ro-SHO veh-AD-rag-LAV leh-KOL-mar-EH ee-NEE ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The locative le-kol-mar’eh ’ēnei ha-kohen {לְכָל־מַרְאֵ֖ה עֵינֵ֥י הַכֹּהֵֽן | le-kol-mar-ʾēh ʿēnêy ha-kōhēn} frames the diagnostic boundary as visible to the priest.
Root and etymology
r-’-hresh–ayin–heh
“to see, appearance”
In context — Leviticus 13:12
And if the skin disease spreads out in the skin and covers all the skin of the afflicted person from his head to his feet, as far as the appearance is seen by the eyes of the priest.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 13:12, so the Hebrew word לְכָל־מַרְאֵ֖ה (lehkolmareh) 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.13.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.12.W12.S1) and character.