Leviticus 13:14:4Lev.13.14.W4TAB
בָּשָׂ֥ר
basar
“flesh”
- Transliteration
- ba-SAR
- Extended
- bah-SAAR
- IPA
- /baː.ˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- flesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
ba-SAR KHAI
- sentence
oo-veh-YOM he-rah-OT BO ba-SAR KHAI yit-MA
Exegesis
The construct phrase basar chai {בָּשָׂר חַי | bā-sār ḥāy} ‘living flesh’ contrasts fresh, open tissue with healed or dried skin, intensifying the concern for contamination.
Root and etymology
b-s-rbet-sin-resh
“flesh, body”
In context — Leviticus 13:14
But on the day that living flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 13:14, so the Hebrew word בָּשָׂ֥ר (basar) 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.13.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.14.W4.S1) and character.