Leviticus 13:3:17Lev.13.3.W17TAB
וְרָאָ֥הוּ
veraahu
“examined”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-A-hu
- Extended
- veh-ra-AA-hoo
- IPA
- /və.raˈʔaː.hu/
Meaning by language
- English
- examined
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ra-A-hu
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-A-hu ha-koh-HEN
- clause
ve-ra-A-hu ha-koh-HEN ve-ti-ME o-TO
- 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
Sequential vav-consecutive forms ve-ra'ahu {וְרָאָהוּ | wə-rā-ʼē-hū} ‘and he shall see it’ and ve-timme {וְטִמֵּא | wə-ṭimmē-ʼ} ‘and he shall pronounce unclean’ mirror the procedural structure of the Hebrew ritual narrative.
Root and etymology
r-’-h
“to see, observe”
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 13:3:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Leviticus 13:3, so the Hebrew word וְרָאָ֥הוּ (veraahu) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.3.W17.S1) and character.