Leviticus 13:24:5Lev.13.24.W5TAB
מִכְוַת־אֵ֑שׁ
mikhvatesh
“burn of fire”
- Transliteration
- mikh-vat-ESH
- Extended
- mikh-vat-EHSH
- IPA
- /miħ.vat.ˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- burn of fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mikh-vat-ESH
- clause
OH vah-SAAR kee-yih-YEH veh-o-RO mikh-vat-ESH
- sentence
OH vah-SAAR kee-yih-YEH veh-o-RO mikh-vat-ESH veh-hah-yeh-TAH mikh-YAT ha-mikh-VAH ba-HE-ret leh-va-NAH a-dam-DE-met OH leh-va-NAH
Exegesis
The locative phrase be-’ō-rô {בְעֹר֖וֹ | bə-’ō-rô} ‘in his skin’ specifies the site, with the construct mik-wat-’ēš {מִכְוַת־אֵ֑שׁ | mik-wat-’ēš} ‘burn of fire’ as the affected theme.
Root and etymology
k-v-hkaf-vav-heh
“to burn”
In context — Leviticus 13:24
Or if the flesh on his skin has a burn , and the living flesh of the burn becomes a white spot that is reddish or white.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 13:24, so the Hebrew word מִכְוַת־אֵ֑שׁ (mikhvatesh) 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.13.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.24.W5.S1) and character.