Leviticus 13:30:3Lev.13.30.W3TAB
אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע
ethanega
“the lesion”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-NE-ga
- Extended
- eht-hah-NEH-gah
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.han.ˈnɛ.ɡaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the lesion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-NE-ga
- 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 direct object et-ha-nega {אֶת־הַנֶּגַע | ’et-hā-nē-‘ā} identifies the sore.
Root and etymology
נ־ג־ע
“affliction”
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 13:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 13:30, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע (ethanega) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.30.W3.S1) and character.