Leviticus 13:3:4Lev.13.3.W4TAB
בְּעֽוֹר־הַ֠בָּשָׂר
beorhabasar
“on the skin of the flesh”
- Transliteration
- be-OR-ha-ba-SAR
- Extended
- beh-OHR-hah-bah-SAAR
- IPA
- /bəʕoːr.hab.baˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the skin of the flesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-OR-ha-ba-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-AH ha-koh-HEN et-ha-NE-ga be-OR-ha-ba-SAR
- 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 construct be-or {בְּעֽוֹר־ | bə-ʿōr-} ‘in the skin’ linked to ha-basar {הַבָּשָׂר | ha-bā-śār} ‘the flesh’ specifies the examination site.
Root and etymology
Rootb-s-r
“flesh”
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 13:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 13:3, so the Hebrew word בְּעֽוֹר־הַ֠בָּשָׂר (beorhabasar) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.3.W4.S1) and character.