Leviticus 13:18:4Lev.13.18.W4TAB
שְׁחִ֑ין
shekhin
“boil”
- Transliteration
- SHE-khin
- Extended
- SHEH-kheen
- IPA
- /ˈʃəħiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- boil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-khin
- clause
oo-ba-SAR KEE-yeh-YEH bo-be-OR-o SHE-khin
- sentence
oo-ba-SAR KEE-yeh-YEH bo-be-OR-o SHE-khin veh-nir-PA
Exegesis
The noun shekhin {שְׁחִין | šĕ-ḥîn} ‘boil’ is then the subject of the following niphal perfect venirpa {וְנִרְפָּא | wə-nir-pāʼ} ‘is healed’, indicating completed recovery. The paired vav clauses form a protasis-apodosis structure characteristic of Hebrew conditional syntax, and the word order reflects cause and result in the law of purification.
Root and etymology
sh-kh-nshin-chet-nun
“boil, inflammation”
In context — Leviticus 13:18
And when a person’s flesh has a boil on his skin and it is healed.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 13:18, so the Hebrew word שְׁחִ֑ין (shekhin) 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.13.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.18.W4.S1) and character.