Leviticus 13:3:12Lev.13.3.W12TAB
מֵע֣וֹר
meor
“from the skin”
- Transliteration
- me-OR
- Extended
- meh-OHR
- IPA
- /meˈʕoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the skin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-OR
- phraseyour reading level
me-OR be-sa-RO
- clause
ve-ra-AH ha-koh-HEN et-ha-NE-ga be-OR-ha-ba-SAR ve-se-AR ba-NE-ga ha-FAKH la-VAN u-mar-EH ha-NE-ga a-MOK me-OR be-sa-RO NE-ga tsa-ra-AT HU
- sentence
ve-ra-AH ha-koh-HEN et-ha-NE-ga be-OR-ha-ba-SAR ve-se-AR ba-NE-ga ha-FAKH la-VAN u-mar-EH ha-NE-ga a-MOK me-OR be-sa-RO NE-ga tsa-ra-AT HU ve-ra-A-hu ha-koh-HEN ve-ti-ME o-TO
Exegesis
The phrase u-mar-’eh ha-nnega {וּמַרְאֵה הַנֶּגֶע | ū-mar-ʾē ha-nē-geʿ} ‘and the appearance of the sore’ is modified by amok me-or {עָמֹק מֵע֣וֹר | ʿā-mōq mē-ʼōr} ‘deeper than the skin’.
Root and etymology
‘-v-rayin–vav–resh
“skin, hide”
In context — Leviticus 13:3
And the priest shall examine the sore on the skin of the flesh. If the hair in the sore has turned white and the appearance of the sore is deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a sore of leprosy . When the priest looks at it, he shall pronounce him unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 13:3, so the Hebrew word מֵע֣וֹר (meor) 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.13.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.3.W12.S1) and character.