Leviticus 13:22:1Lev.13.22.W1TAB
וְאִם־פָּשֹׂ֥ה
vehimpasoh
“if”
- Transliteration
- veh-im-pa-SOH
- Extended
- veh-ihm-pah-SOH
- IPA
- /və.ʔim.paˈsoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-im-pa-SOH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-im-pa-SOH tif-SEH
- clause
veh-im-pa-SOH tif-SEH bah-OR
- sentence
veh-im-pa-SOH tif-SEH bah-OR veh-tim-MEH ha-koh-HEN oh-TOH NE-ga HEE
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conditional particle veim {וְאִם־ | wə-ʾim}, introducing a protasis.
The infinitive construct pasoh {פָּשֹׂה | pā-sôh} combined with the Qal imperfect tifseh {תִפְשֶׂה | ṯip-śeh} forms verbal periphrasis indicating ongoing extension.
Root and etymology
“to spread, extend”
In context — Leviticus 13:22
And if it spreads in the skin, the priest shall declare him unclean; it is a plague .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:22, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־פָּשֹׂ֥ה (vehimpasoh) 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.13.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.22.W1.S1) and character.