Leviticus 13:32:1Lev.13.32.W1TAB
וְרָאָ֨ה
veraah
“examined”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-AH
- Extended
- veh-ra-AA
- IPA
- /wəraˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- examined
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 eht-ha-NE-ga
- clause
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN eht-ha-NE-ga ba-YOM ha-she-vee-EE ve-hin-NEH loh-fa-SAH ha-NE-tek ve-lo-ha-YA VO seh-AAR tsa-HOV
- sentence
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN eht-ha-NE-ga ba-YOM ha-she-vee-EE ve-hin-NEH loh-fa-SAH ha-NE-tek ve-lo-ha-YA VO seh-AAR tsa-HOV oo-mar-EH ha-NE-tek EIN a-MOK min-ha-OR
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative opens with ve-ra'ah {וְרָאָ֨ה | wə-rā-ʼāh} ‘and he will see’, a vav-consecutive Qal perfect that signals the priestly examination sequence.
Root and etymology
r-’-h
“to see, observe”
In context — Leviticus 13:32
And the priest shall examine the sore on the seventh day, and behold, if the infection has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the infection is not deeper than the skin,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:32, 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.13.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.32.W1.S1) and character.