Leviticus 13:17:1Lev.13.17.W1TAB
וְרָאָ֙הוּ֙
veraahu
“saw him”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-a-HU
- Extended
- veh-rah-ah-HOO
- IPA
- /və.raː.ʔaˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- saw him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ra-a-HU
- clause
ve-ra-a-HU ha-ko-HEN ve-hin-NEH neh-PAKH ha-NE-ga le-la-VAN
- sentence
ve-ra-a-HU ha-ko-HEN ve-hin-NEH neh-PAKH ha-NE-ga le-la-VAN ve-ti-HAR ha-ko-HEN et-ha-NE-ga ta-HOR HU
Exegesis
The Hebrew clause begins with the vav-consecutive perfect form veraahu {וְרָאָהוּ | və-rā-ʾā-hû} ‘and he saw him’, which advances the legal narrative.
Root and etymology
r-’-h
“to see, observe”
In context — Leviticus 13:17
And the priest shall see him, and behold, if the sore has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the sore clean ; it is clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:17, so the Hebrew word וְרָאָ֙הוּ֙ (veraahu) 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.13.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.17.W1.S1) and character.