Leviticus 13:23:9Lev.13.23.W9TAB
וְטִהֲר֖וֹ
vehtiharo
“declare him clean”
- Transliteration
- veh-ti-ha-RO
- Extended
- veh-tih-hah-ROH
- IPA
- /vətihaˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- declare him clean
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 | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ti-ha-RO
- clause
veh-ti-ha-RO ha-ko-HEN
- 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 apodosis is marked by vav-consecutive in vetiharo {וְטִהֲר֖וֹ | wə-tiḥārō} ‘and he shall declare him clean’, using the Piel imperfect to convey priestly agency, thereby emphasizing precise diagnostic criteria and authoritative pronouncement of purity.
Root and etymology
t-h-rTet-Heh-Resh
“to be clean, pure”
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 13:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 13:23, so the Hebrew word וְטִהֲר֖וֹ (vehtiharo) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.23.W9.S1) and character.