Leviticus 13:37:9Lev.13.37.W9TAB
טָה֣וֹר
tahor
“clean”
- Transliteration
- ta-HOR
- Extended
- tah-HOHR
- IPA
- /taˈhoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- clean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-HOR
- phraseyour reading level
ta-HOR HU
- 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 adjective tahor {טָהוֹר | ṭā-hôr} ‘clean’ conveys ritual purity, reinforced by the pronoun hu {הוּא | hū} ‘it’.
Root and etymology
RootTet, Heh, Resh
“to be clean”
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 13:37:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 13:37, so the Hebrew word טָה֣וֹר (tahor) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.37.W9.S1) and character.