Leviticus 13:24:8Lev.13.24.W8TAB
הַמִּכְוָ֗ה
hamikhvah
“the burn”
- Transliteration
- ha-mikh-VAH
- Extended
- hah-mikh-VAA
- IPA
- /ham.miħ.ˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the burn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-mikh-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
mikh-YAT ha-mikh-VAH
- clause
veh-hah-yeh-TAH mikh-YAT ha-mikh-VAH ba-HE-ret leh-va-NAH a-dam-DE-met OH leh-va-NAH
- 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 vav-consecutive wə-hā-yə-tā(h) {וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה | wə-hā-yə-tā(h)} ‘and it becomes’ introduces the apodosis, whose subject is the construct chain miḥ-yaṯ ham-mik-wā(h) {מִֽחְיַ֣ת הַמִּכְוָ֗ה | miḥ-yaṯ ham-mik-wā(h)} ‘living flesh of the burn’.
Root and etymology
k-v-h
“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 13:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 13:24, so the Hebrew word הַמִּכְוָ֗ה (hamikhvah) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.24.W8.S1) and character.