Leviticus 13:25:1Lev.13.25.W1TAB
וְרָאָ֣ה
veraah
“{And he} examined”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-AH
- Extended
- veh-rah-AA
- IPA
- /və.ra.ˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And he} examined
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ra-AH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-AH o-TAH ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-ra-AH o-TAH ha-ko-HEN ve-hin-NEH neh-PAKH se-AR la-VAN ba-ba-HE-ret u-mar-EH-ha a-MOK min-ha-OR tsa-RA-at HI ba-mikh-WAH pa-ra-CHA
- sentence
ve-ra-AH o-TAH ha-ko-HEN ve-hin-NEH neh-PAKH se-AR la-VAN ba-ba-HE-ret u-mar-EH-ha a-MOK min-ha-OR tsa-RA-at HI ba-mikh-WAH pa-ra-CHA ve-tih-MEH o-TO ha-ko-HEN NE-ga tsa-RA-at HI
Exegesis
The verse employs the vav-consecutive form in vera'ah {וְרָאָ֣ה | wə-rā-’āh} ‘and he shall see’, which introduces the examining authority, the priest {hakohen | ha-kō-hên}.
Root and etymology
r-’-h
“to see, observe”
In context — Leviticus 13:25
The priest shall examine it; if he sees that the hair in the bright spot has turned white and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is leprosy that has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:25, so the Hebrew word וְרָאָ֣ה (veraah) 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.13.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.25.W1.S1) and character.