Leviticus 13:27:11Lev.13.27.W11TAB
נֶ֥גַע
nega
“a mark”
- Transliteration
- NE-ga
- Extended
- NEH-ga
- IPA
- /ˈnɛ.ɣaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a mark
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
NE-ga
- phraseyour reading level
NE-ga tsa-ra-AT
- clause
im-pa-SOH tif-SEH bah-OR veh-tim-MEH ha-ko-HEN o-TO NE-ga tsa-ra-AT HI
- 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 clause nega‘ tsara‘at hi {נֶ֥גַע צָרַעַת הִֽוא׃ | nē-ḡa‘ ṣā-rā-‘āṯ hî} is a nominal sentence affirming the diagnostic result. This structure underscores judicial procedure in ritual impurity law.
Root and etymology
Rootnun-gimel-ayin
“to touch, strike”
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 13:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 13:27, so the Hebrew word נֶ֥גַע (nega) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.27.W11.S1) and character.