Leviticus 13:23:6Lev.13.23.W6TAB
צָרֶ֥בֶת
tsarevet
“scar”
- Transliteration
- tsa-re-VET
- Extended
- tsah-reh-VET
- IPA
- /tsa.rɛˈvɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- scar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-re-VET
- phraseyour reading level
tsa-re-VET ha-SHE-KHEEN
- clause
veh-IM-takh-TEH-yah ta-a-MOD ha-ba-HE-ret LO fa-sa-TA tsa-re-VET ha-SHE-KHEEN HI
- sentence
veh-IM-takh-TEH-yah ta-a-MOD ha-ba-HE-ret LO fa-sa-TA tsa-re-VET ha-SHE-KHEEN HI veh-ti-ha-RO ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The nominal clause tsarevet ha-shechin hi {צָרֶבֶת הַשְּׁחִ֖ין הִ֑וא | ṣāreḇeṯ ha-šeḥīn hî’} reclassifies the lesion as a benign scar.
Root and etymology
Roottsade-resh-bet
“to burn”
In context — Leviticus 13:23
But if the bright spot remains in its place and has not spread, it is a scar from the boil ; and the priest shall declare him clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 13:23, so the Hebrew word צָרֶ֥בֶת (tsarevet) 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.13.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.23.W6.S1) and character.