Leviticus 13:26:8Lev.13.26.W8TAB
וּשְׁפָלָ֥ה
ooshehfahlah
“and not deeper”
- Transliteration
- oo-sheh-fah-LAH
- Extended
- oo-sheh-fah-LAA
- IPA
- /uːʃfəˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not deeper
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-sheh-fah-LAH
- phraseyour reading level
oo-sheh-fah-LAH eh-nen-NAAH
- clause
veh-IM yir-eh-NAAH ha-koh-HEN veh-hin-NEH EYN-ba-be-HER-et seh-AAR lah-VAAN oo-sheh-fah-LAH eh-nen-NAAH min-ha-OR veh-HI khe-HAAH
- sentence
veh-IM yir-eh-NAAH ha-koh-HEN veh-hin-NEH EYN-ba-be-HER-et seh-AAR lah-VAAN oo-sheh-fah-LAH eh-nen-NAAH min-ha-OR veh-HI khe-HAAH veh-his-gi-ROH ha-koh-HEN shiv-AT ya-MEEM
Exegesis
U-shephalah einennah min-ha’or {וּשְׁפָלָה אֵינֶנָּה מִן־הָעוֹר | wə-še-phā-lāh ʾêy-nen-nāh min-hā-ʾôr} quantifies the lesion’s limitation to the epidermis.
Root and etymology
š-p-lshin-pe-lamed
“to be low”
In context — Leviticus 13:26
And if the priest looks at it and, behold, there is no white hair in the spot and it is not lower than the skin but is faint, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 13:26, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁפָלָ֥ה (ooshehfahlah) 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.13.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.26.W8.S1) and character.