Leviticus 13:33:5Lev.13.33.W5TAB
וְהִסְגִּ֨יר
vehhisgir
“and confine”
- Transliteration
- veh-his-GIR
- Extended
- veh-his-GEER
- IPA
- /wəhisˈɡiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and confine
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-his-GIR
- phraseyour reading level
veh-his-GIR ha-ko-HEN et-hah-NEH-tek
- clause
veh-his-GIR ha-ko-HEN et-hah-NEH-tek shiv-AT ya-MIM she-NEET
- sentence
veh-hit-gal-LAKH veh-et-hah-NEH-tek LO ye-gal-LEH-akh veh-his-GIR ha-ko-HEN et-hah-NEH-tek shiv-AT ya-MIM she-NEET
Exegesis
A subject shift is indicated by the Hiphil perfect vehissəgīr {וְהִסְגִּ֨יר | wəhissəgīr} ‘and he shall confine’ followed by the definite noun hakohen {הַכֹּהֵ֧ן | hak-kōhên} ‘the priest,’ assigning quarantine responsibility.
Root and etymology
ס־ג־רs–g–r
“to shut up, confine”
In context — Leviticus 13:33
And he shall shave himself, but he shall not shave the diseased area ; and the priest shall confine the diseased area for seven days a second time.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:33:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 13:33, so the Hebrew word וְהִסְגִּ֨יר (vehhisgir) 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.13.33.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.33.W5.S1) and character.