Leviticus 13:37:5Lev.13.37.W5TAB
שָׁחֹ֧ר
shakhor
“black”
- Transliteration
- sha-KHOR
- Extended
- shah-KHOHR
- IPA
- /ʃaˈxoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- black
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-KHOR
- phraseyour reading level
veh-se-AR sha-KHOR tsa-makh-BO
- clause
veh-im-beh-EE-NAIV ah-MAD ha-NE-tek veh-se-AR sha-KHOR tsa-makh-BO nir-PAA ha-NE-tek ta-HOR HU
- sentence
veh-im-beh-EE-NAIV ah-MAD ha-NE-tek veh-se-AR sha-KHOR tsa-makh-BO nir-PAA ha-NE-tek ta-HOR HU veh-ti-ha-RO ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The conjunction vese’ar {וְשֵׂעָר | wə-sē-ʿār} ‘and hair’ with the adjective shakhor {שָׁחֹר | šā-ḥôr} ‘black’ introduces the diagnostic sign.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Chet, Resh
“black”
In context — Leviticus 13:37
But if, in his sight, the infection remains and black hair has grown in it, then the affliction has been healed; it is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:37:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 13:37, so the Hebrew word שָׁחֹ֧ר (shakhor) 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.13.37.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.37.W5.S1) and character.