Leviticus 13:30:20Lev.13.30.W20TAB

הַזָּקָ֖ן

hazakan

of the beard

Transliteration
ha-za-KAN
Extended
hah-za-KAAN
IPA
/haz.za.ˈkaːn/

Meaning by language

English
of the beard

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Result
הַ + זָּ + קָ֖ן
ha + za + kan
hazakan

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Zayinz as in zero
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-za-KAN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    O ha-za-KAN

  3. clause

    ve-ti-MEH o-TO ha-ko-HEN NE-tek HU tsa-ra-AT ha-ROSH O ha-za-KAN HU

  4. 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 phrase netek hu {נֶתֶק ה֔וּא | ne-teq hû(h)} “it is a patch” and the specification of tsara-at on ha-rosh o ha-zakan {צָרַעַת הָרֹאשׁ אוֹ הַזָּקָן | ṣā-ra-‘āṯ hā-rō-’ēš ’ō hā-zā-qān} “leprosy on the head or beard” completes the ritual judgment. The Hebrew structure underscores priestly authority and the precise criteria for impurity.

Root and etymology

ז־ק־ן

beard

In contextLeviticus 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 13:30:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Leviticus 13:30, so the Hebrew word הַזָּקָ֖ן (hazakan) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.30.W20.S1) and character.