Leviticus 13:28:8Lev.13.28.W8TAB
שְׂאֵ֥ת
sehet
“a swelling of”
- Transliteration
- seh-ET
- Extended
- seh-EHT
- IPA
- /səˈʔeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a swelling of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
seh-ET
- phraseyour reading level
seh-ET hah-mikh-VAH
- 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 construct seet hamikveh {שְׂאֵת הַמִּכְוָ֖ה | śə-ʾēt ham-mik-wâ(h)} ‘swelling of the burn’ links symptom to cause.
Root and etymology
Rootn-s-’
“to lift”
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 13:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 13:28, so the Hebrew word שְׂאֵ֥ת (sehet) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.28.W8.S1) and character.