Leviticus 13:20:9Lev.13.20.W9TAB
לָבָ֑ן
lavan
“white”
- Transliteration
- la-VAN
- Extended
- lah-VAAN
- IPA
- /laˈvaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- white
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-VAN
- phraseyour reading level
ha-FAKH la-VAN
- 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 coordinating sequence ū-se‘ārāh hāphaḥ lāvan {וּשְׂעָרָהּ הָפַךְ לָבָן | ū-se-ʿā-rāh hā-phaḥ lā-van} “and its hair has turned white” mirrors the prior clause structure.
Root and etymology
ל־ב־ן
“white”
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 13:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 13:20, so the Hebrew word לָבָ֑ן (lavan) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.20.W9.S1) and character.