Leviticus 13:17:7Lev.13.17.W7TAB
וְטִהַ֧ר
vetihar
“declared clean”
- Transliteration
- ve-ti-HAR
- Extended
- veh-tee-HAR
- IPA
- /vətiˈhar/
Meaning by language
- English
- declared clean
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 | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ti-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ti-HAR ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-ti-HAR ha-ko-HEN et-ha-NE-ga ta-HOR HU
- 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 following vav-consecutive Piel perfect wetihar {וְטִהַר | wə-ti-ḥār} ‘and he shall declare clean’, with the direct-object marker ethanega {אֶת־הַנֶּגַע | ʾet-ha-nne-gāʿ}, highlights the priest’s agency in pronouncing status.
Root and etymology
t-h-rTet-Heh-Resh
“to be clean, pure”
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 13:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 13:17, so the Hebrew word וְטִהַ֧ר (vetihar) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.17.W7.S1) and character.