Leviticus 13:30:1Lev.13.30.W1TAB
וְרָאָ֨ה
veraah
“examined”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-AH
- Extended
- veh-rah-AA
- IPA
- /və.ra.ˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- examined
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ra-AH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN et-ha-NE-ga ve-hin-NEH mar-EH-hu a-MOK min-ha-OR u-VO seh-AR tsa-HOV DAK
- sentence
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN et-ha-NE-ga ve-hin-NEH mar-EH-hu a-MOK min-ha-OR u-VO seh-AR tsa-HOV DAK ve-ti-MEH o-TO ha-ko-HEN NE-tek HU tsa-ra-AT ha-ROSH O ha-za-KAN HU
Exegesis
The inspection sequence opens with ve-ra’ah {וְרָאָה | wə-rā-’ā(h)} introducing the act of review, followed by ha-kohen {הַכֹּהֵן | ha-qō-hên} as the examining authority.
Root and etymology
r-’-h
“to see, observe”
In context — Leviticus 13:30
And the priest will look at the sore, and behold, its appearance is deeper than the skin, and in it is thin yellow hair. The priest will pronounce the person unclean; it is a patch ; it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:30, so the Hebrew word וְרָאָ֨ה (veraah) 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.13.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.30.W1.S1) and character.