Leviticus 13:17:6Lev.13.17.W6TAB
לְלָבָ֑ן
lelavan
“white”
- Transliteration
- le-la-VAN
- Extended
- leh-lah-VAAN
- IPA
- /lə.laːˈvaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- white
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-la-VAN
- 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 prepositional phrase lelavan {לְלָבָן | lə-lā-vān} ‘to white’ specifies the necessary condition for ritual purity.
Root and etymology
ל־ב־ן
“white”
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 13:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 13:17, so the Hebrew word לְלָבָ֑ן (lelavan) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.17.W6.S1) and character.