Leviticus 13:39:1Lev.13.39.W1TAB
וְרָאָ֣ה
vehraah
“shall look”
- Transliteration
- veh-ra-AH
- Extended
- veh-rah-AA
- IPA
- /vəraˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall look
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ra-AH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN
- clause
veh-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN ve-hin-NEH veh-or-be-sa-RAM be-ha-ROT KE-hoht leh-va-NOT
- sentence
veh-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN ve-hin-NEH veh-or-be-sa-RAM be-ha-ROT KE-hoht leh-va-NOT BO-hak HU pa-RAKH ba-OR ta-HOR HU
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb veraa {וְרָאָ֣ה | wə-rā-’āh} ‘and he shall see’, framing the direct diagnostic action.
Root and etymology
r-’-h
“to see, observe”
In context — Leviticus 13:39
And the priest shall look, and behold, on the skin of their flesh there are dull white spots; it is a skin discoloration that has broken out on the skin, and the person is clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:39, so the Hebrew word וְרָאָ֣ה (vehraah) 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.13.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.39.W1.S1) and character.