Leviticus 13:25:6Lev.13.25.W6TAB

שֵׂעָ֨ר

sear

hair

Transliteration
se-AR
Extended
seh-AAR
IPA
/sɛ.ˈʕaːr/

Meaning by language

English
hair

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Result
שֵׂ + עָ֨ר
se + ar
sear

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    se-AR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-hin-NEH neh-PAKH se-AR la-VAN

  3. 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

  4. 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 Niphal perfect nehpakh {נֶהְפַּךְ֩ | neh-paḵ} ‘is turned’ describes a passive change of the se'ar {שֵׂעָ֨ר | sē-‘ār}, now lavan {לָבָ֜ן | lā-ḇān} ‘white’ in babbaheret {בַּבַּהֶ֗רֶת | ba-bha-réṯ}.

Root and etymology

ʿ-w-rayin-vav-resh

skin, hide

In contextLeviticus 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 13:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 13:25, so the Hebrew word שֵׂעָ֨ר (sear) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.25.W6.S1) and character.