Leviticus 13:39:4Lev.13.39.W4TAB
בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָ֛ם
vehorbesaram
“in the skin of their flesh”
- Transliteration
- veh-or-be-sa-RAM
- Extended
- veh-OHR-beh-sah-RAHM
- IPA
- /vəʕoːr.bəsaˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the skin of their flesh
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
ve-hin-NEH veh-or-be-sa-RAM
- 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 construct chain ve-or-besarām {בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָ֛ם | bə-ʿōr bə-sā-rām} ‘in the skin of their flesh’ provides the locative domain.
Root and etymology
Rootb-s-r
“flesh”
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 13:39:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 13:39, so the Hebrew word בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָ֛ם (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.13.39.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.39.W4.S1) and character.