Leviticus 13:23:7Lev.13.23.W7TAB
הַשְּׁחִ֖ין
hashekheen
“the boil”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHE-KHEEN
- Extended
- hah-sheh-KHEEN
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃəˈxiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the boil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-SHE-KHEEN
- 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
Rootshin-chet-nun
“to boil up”
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 13:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 13:23, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁחִ֖ין (hashekheen) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.23.W7.S1) and character.