Leviticus 13:31:15Lev.13.31.W15TAB
אֶת־נֶ֥גַע
etnehga
“the lesion”
- Transliteration
- et-NEH-ga
- Extended
- et-NEH-ga
- IPA
- /ʔɛtˈnɛɣaʕ/
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 | |
| 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-NEH-ga
- phraseyour reading level
et-NEH-ga ha-NEH-tek
- clause
ve-his-GIR ha-ko-HEN et-NEH-ga ha-NEH-tek shiv-AT ya-MIM
- sentence
ve-KHEE-yir-EH ha-ko-HEN et-NEH-ga ha-NEH-tek ve-hin-NEH EIN-mar-EH-hu a-MOK min-ha-OR ve-se-AR sha-KHOR EIN BO ve-his-GIR ha-ko-HEN et-NEH-ga ha-NEH-tek shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ’et} introduces nega hanetek {נֶגַע הַנֶּתֶק | ne·ḡa‘ ha·nē·tēq} ‘the sore of the scaly eruption’.
Root and etymology
נ־ג־עn–g–‘
“to afflict”
In context — Leviticus 13:31
And when the priest sees the sore of the scaly eruption and behold its appearance is not deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall confine the person who has the eruption for seven days .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:31:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Leviticus 13:31, so the Hebrew word אֶת־נֶ֥גַע (etnehga) 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.13.31.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.31.W15.S1) and character.