Leviticus 13:36:9Lev.13.36.W9TAB
לַשֵּׂעָ֥ר
lahsehar
“for the hair”
- Transliteration
- lah-seh-AR
- Extended
- lah-seh-AAR
- IPA
- /la.seˈʕaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the hair
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lah-seh-AR
- phraseyour reading level
lah-seh-AR hah-tsa-HOV
- clause
loh-yeh-vak-KER hah-ko-HEN lah-seh-AR hah-tsa-HOV tah-ME HOO
- 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 phrase lase’ar hattsahov {לַשֵּׂעָ֥ר הַצָּהֹ֖ב | la-sê-‘ār ha-ṣā-ḥōv} ‘the yellow hair’ denotes the usual diagnostic criterion.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-ayin-resh
“hair”
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 13:36:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 13:36, so the Hebrew word לַשֵּׂעָ֥ר (lahsehar) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.36.W9.S1) and character.