Leviticus 13:28:11Lev.13.28.W11TAB
וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙
vehtiharo
“and declare him clean”
- Transliteration
- veh-ti-ha-RO
- Extended
- veh-tih-ha-ROH
- IPA
- /və.ti.haˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and declare him clean
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 | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ti-ha-RO
- clause
veh-ti-ha-RO hah-ko-HEN kee-tsa-RE-vet 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 apodosis begins with the vav consecutive in vetiharo hakohen {וְטִֽהֲרוֹ הַכֹּהֵן | wə-ṭi-hăr-ō ha-kō-hēn} ‘and he pronounces him clean’, and the causal kitsarevet hamikveh {כִּי־צָרֶבֶת הַמִּכְוָ֖ה | kî-ṣā-re-vet ham-mik-wâ(h)} ‘for it is a scar of the burn’ provides the justification. This protasis–apodosis pattern and use of vav consecutive and construct chains underscore the diagnostic and ritual resolution process.
Root and etymology
t-h-rTet-Heh-Resh
“to be clean, pure”
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 13:28:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 13:28, so the Hebrew word וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙ (vehtiharo) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.28.W11.S1) and character.