Leviticus 13:28:1Lev.13.28.W1TAB
וְאִם־תַּחְתֶּיהָ֩
vehimtakhtehhaa
“but if under it”
- Transliteration
- veh-im-takh-teh-HAA
- Extended
- veh-im-tahkh-teh-HAA
- IPA
- /vəʔim.taħ.teˈhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but if under it
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-im-takh-teh-HAA
- phraseyour reading level
veh-im-takh-teh-HAA ta-ah-MOD ha-ba-HE-ret
- clause
veh-im-takh-teh-HAA ta-ah-MOD ha-ba-HE-ret loh-fahs-TAH vah-OR veh-HI keh-HA seh-ET hah-mikh-VAH HI
- sentence
veh-im-takh-teh-HAA ta-ah-MOD ha-ba-HE-ret loh-fahs-TAH vah-OR veh-HI keh-HA seh-ET hah-mikh-VAH HI veh-ti-ha-RO hah-ko-HEN kee-tsa-RE-vet hah-mikh-VAH HI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunctive conditional in vav im {וְאִם־תַּחְתֶּיהָ֩ | və-ʾim-taḥ-tê-hā} ‘and if it is under it’, introducing the legal protasis.
In context — Leviticus 13:28
And if the bright spot remains under it and has not spread in the skin, but is dull, it is the swelling of the burn; then the priest shall declare him clean, for it is a scar from the burn.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:28, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־תַּחְתֶּיהָ֩ (vehimtakhtehhaa) 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.13.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.28.W1.S1) and character.