Leviticus 13:36:1Lev.13.36.W1TAB
וְרָאָ֙הוּ֙
vehrahahoo
“{And} shall examine him”
- Transliteration
- veh-rah-A-hoo
- Extended
- veh-rah-AA-hoo
- IPA
- /və.raˈʔa.hu/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} shall examine him
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-rah-A-hoo
- clause
veh-rah-A-hoo hah-ko-HEN veh-hin-NEH pah-SA hah-NE-tek bah-OR
- sentence
veh-rah-A-hoo hah-ko-HEN veh-hin-NEH pah-SA hah-NE-tek bah-OR loh-yeh-vak-KER hah-ko-HEN lah-seh-AR hah-tsa-HOV tah-ME HOO
Exegesis
The verse begins with the waw-consecutive vera’ahu {וְרָאָ֙הוּ֙ | wə-rā-’ā-hû} ‘and he will see him’, assigning the priest as observer.
Root and etymology
r-’-h
“to see, observe”
In context — Leviticus 13:36
The priest shall examine him, and if, behold, the patch has spread in the skin, the priest shall not inspect the yellow hair; he is unclean .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:36:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:36, so the Hebrew word וְרָאָ֙הוּ֙ (vehrahahoo) 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.13.36.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.36.W1.S1) and character.