Leviticus 13:3:8Lev.13.3.W8TAB

לָבָ֗ן

lavan

white

Transliteration
la-VAN
Extended
lah-VAAN
IPA
/laˈvaːn/

Meaning by language

English
white

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Result
לָ + בָ֗ן
la + van
lavan

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-VAN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-FAKH la-VAN

  3. 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

  4. 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

A coordinated clause se-ar ba-nnega {שֵׂעָר בַּנֶּגַע | se-ʾār ba-nē-ʼāʿ} ‘the hair in the sore’ is followed by hafakh {הָפַךְ | hā-p̄akh} ‘has turned’ and lavan {לָבָן | lā-ḇān} ‘white’.

Root and etymology

ל־ב־ן

white

In contextLeviticus 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 13:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 13:3, so the Hebrew word לָבָ֗ן (lavan) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.3.W8.S1) and character.