Leviticus 13:38:4Lev.13.38.W4TAB
בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָ֖ם
vehorbesaram
“on the skin of their body”
- Transliteration
- veh-OR-be-sa-RAM
- Extended
- veh-OHR-beh-sa-RAAM
- IPA
- /vəʕoːr.bəsaˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the skin of their body
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-OR-be-sa-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
kee-ye-HYEH veh-OR-be-sa-RAM
- clause
ve-ISH oh-ee-SHAH kee-ye-HYEH veh-OR-be-sa-RAM beh-ha-ROHT
- sentence
ve-ISH oh-ee-SHAH kee-ye-HYEH veh-OR-be-sa-RAM beh-ha-ROHT beh-ha-ROHT leh-va-NOHT
Exegesis
The locative construct be-or-besarom {בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָ֖ם | bə-ʾôr bə-sār-ām} ‘in the skin of their flesh’ uses a dual construct chain to specify location.
Root and etymology
Rootb-s-r
“flesh”
In context — Leviticus 13:38
And if a man or a woman has on the skin of their flesh bright spots —bright spots that are white —
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:38:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 13:38, so the Hebrew word בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָ֖ם (vehorbesaram) 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.13.38.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.38.W4.S1) and character.