Leviticus 13:28:15Lev.13.28.W15TAB

הִֽוא׃

hi

it is

Transliteration
HI
Extended
HEE
IPA
/hiː/

Meaning by language

English
it is

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    HI

  2. clause

    veh-ti-ha-RO hah-ko-HEN kee-tsa-RE-vet hah-mikh-VAH HI

  3. 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 coordination vehi keha {וְהִ֣וא כֵהָ֔ה | wə-hîʾ kê-hāh} ‘and it is dull’ contrasts active lesions.

In contextLeviticus 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 13:28:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Leviticus 13:28, so the Hebrew word הִֽוא׃ (hi) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.28.W15.S1) and character.