Leviticus 13:15:1Lev.13.15.W1TAB
וְרָאָ֧ה
veraah
“examine”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-AH
- Extended
- veh-rah-AAH
- IPA
- /və.raˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- examine
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ra-AH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN et-ha-ba-SAR ha-KHAI ve-tim-me-OH
- sentence
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN et-ha-ba-SAR ha-KHAI ve-tim-me-OH ha-ba-SAR ha-KHAI ta-ME HU tsa-RA-at HU
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vera'ah {וְרָאָ֧ה | wə-rā-ʾāh} ‘and he will see’, initiating the priest’s inspection.
Root and etymology
r-’-h
“to see, observe”
In context — Leviticus 13:15
And the priest will examine the living flesh, and he will declare it unclean. The living flesh is unclean; it is leprosy .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:15, so the Hebrew word וְרָאָ֧ה (veraah) 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.13.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.15.W1.S1) and character.