Leviticus 13:20:4Lev.13.20.W4TAB
מַרְאֶ֙הָ֙
mareha
“its appearance”
- Transliteration
- mar-e-HA
- Extended
- mahr-eh-HAH
- IPA
- /marʔɛˈhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- its appearance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mar-e-HA
- phraseyour reading level
veh-hin-NEH mar-e-HA
- clause
veh-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN veh-hin-NEH mar-e-HA sha-FAL min-ha-OR oo-seh-a-RAH ha-FAKH la-VAN
- sentence
veh-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN veh-hin-NEH mar-e-HA sha-FAL min-ha-OR oo-seh-a-RAH ha-FAKH la-VAN veh-tim-me-OH ha-ko-HEN NE-ga-tsa-RA-at HI ba-she-KHIN pa-ra-KHA
Exegesis
The noun marʾə-hāh {מַרְאֶהָ | mar-ʾə-hāh} “its appearance” functions as the topic of a comparative clause with the predicate adjective šāp̄āl {שָׁפָל | šāp̄āl} “lower” introduced by min-hāʾôr {מִן־הָעוֹר | min-hā-ʾôr} “than the skin.”
Root and etymology
r-’-h
“to see, observe”
In context — Leviticus 13:20
And the priest shall examine, and behold, its appearance is deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white; then the priest shall declare him unclean. It is a plague of leprosy —it has broken out in the boil.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 13:20, so the Hebrew word מַרְאֶ֙הָ֙ (mareha) 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.13.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.20.W4.S1) and character.