Leviticus 13:27:1Lev.13.27.W1TAB
וְרָאָ֥הוּ
veraahu
“and shall examine him”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-A-hu
- Extended
- veh-ra-AA-hu
- IPA
- /və.ra.ˈʔa.hu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and shall examine him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ra-A-hu
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-A-hu ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-ra-A-hu ha-ko-HEN bay-YOM hash-she-vi-I
- sentence
ve-ra-A-hu ha-ko-HEN bay-YOM hash-she-vi-I im-pa-SOH tif-SEH bah-OR veh-tim-MEH ha-ko-HEN o-TO NE-ga tsa-ra-AT HI
Exegesis
The verse opens with vera’ahu {וְרָאָ֥הוּ | və-rā-’ā-hû} ‘and he will see him’ using a vav-consecutive Qal perfect to indicate a ritual inspection sequence.
Root and etymology
r-’-h
“to see, observe”
In context — Leviticus 13:27
And the priest will examine him on the seventh day, and if it is spreading in the skin, then the priest will declare him unclean; it is a mark of leprosy .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:27, so the Hebrew word וְרָאָ֥הוּ (veraahu) 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.13.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.27.W1.S1) and character.