Leviticus 13:20:6Lev.13.20.W6TAB
מִן־הָע֔וֹר
minhaor
“than the skin”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-OR
- Extended
- min-hah-OHR
- IPA
- /min.haˈʕoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- than the skin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ha-OR
- phraseyour reading level
sha-FAL min-ha-OR
- 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
‘-v-rayin–vav–resh
“skin, hide”
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 13:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 13:20, so the Hebrew word מִן־הָע֔וֹר (minhaor) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.20.W6.S1) and character.