Leviticus 13:15:3Lev.13.15.W3TAB
אֶת־הַבָּשָׂ֥ר
ethabasar
“the flesh”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ba-SAR
- Extended
- et-hah-bah-SAAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.baˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the flesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
et-ha-ba-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-ba-SAR ha-KHAI
- 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 noun–adjective sequence ha-basar ha-chai {הַבָּשָׂר הַחַי | ha-bā-ṣār ha-ḥāy} ‘the living flesh’ underscores the fresh condition under scrutiny.
Root and etymology
b-s-rbet-shin-resh
“flesh, body”
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 13:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 13:15, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַבָּשָׂ֥ר (ethabasar) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.15.W3.S1) and character.