Leviticus 13:28:14Lev.13.28.W14TAB
הַמִּכְוָ֖ה
hahmikhvah
“of the burn”
- Transliteration
- hah-mikh-VAH
- Extended
- hah-mikh-VAA
- IPA
- /ham.mixˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the burn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
hah-mikh-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
kee-tsa-RE-vet hah-mikh-VAH
- 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 construct seet hamikveh {שְׂאֵת הַמִּכְוָ֖ה | śə-ʾēt ham-mik-wâ(h)} ‘swelling of the burn’ links symptom to cause.
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
כ־ו־ה
“to burn”
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 13:28:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 13:28, so the Hebrew word הַמִּכְוָ֖ה (hahmikhvah) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.28.W14.S1) and character.