Leviticus 13:19:3Lev.13.19.W3TAB
הַשְּׁחִין֙
hashkhin
“the boil”
- Transliteration
- hash-KHIN
- Extended
- hahsh-KHEEN
- IPA
- /haʃˈħiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the boil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
hash-KHIN
- phraseyour reading level
bim-KOM hash-KHIN
- clause
ve-ha-YA bim-KOM hash-KHIN SE-et le-va-NA OH ba-HE-ret le-va-NA a-dam-DA-met
- sentence
ve-ha-YA bim-KOM hash-KHIN SE-et le-va-NA OH ba-HE-ret le-va-NA a-dam-DA-met ve-nir-A el-ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bimekom hashchin {בִּמְקוֹם הַשְּׁחִין | bi-me-qôm ha-šə-ḥîn} ‘in the place of the boil’ specifies the afflicted site.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Chet, Nun
“to swell, to boil”
In context — Leviticus 13:19
And it shall be, in the place of the boil , a white swelling or a white spot that is reddish ; and it must be presented to the priest.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 13:19, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁחִין֙ (hashkhin) 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.13.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.19.W3.S1) and character.