Leviticus 13:4:1Lev.13.4.W1TAB
וְאִם־בַּהֶרֶת֩
veimbaheret
“and if a spot”
- Transliteration
- ve-IM-ba-HE-ret
- Extended
- veh-IM-bah-HEH-ret
- IPA
- /vəˈʔim.baˈhɛrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if a spot
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-IM-ba-HE-ret
- phraseyour reading level
ve-IM-ba-HE-ret le-va-NA hi
- clause
ve-IM-ba-HE-ret le-va-NA hi be-OR be-sa-RO ve-a-MOK EIN-mar-EH-ha min-ha-OR u-se-a-RA LO-ha-FAKH la-VAN
- sentence
ve-IM-ba-HE-ret le-va-NA hi be-OR be-sa-RO ve-a-MOK EIN-mar-EH-ha min-ha-OR u-se-a-RA LO-ha-FAKH la-VAN ve-his-GIR ha-ko-HEN et-ha-NE-ga shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with ve’im {וְאִם | wə-ʾim} ‘and if’, introducing a conditional protasis.
The noun phrase baheret {בַּהֶרֶת | baḥeret} ‘shiny spot’ is qualified by levanah {לְבָנָה | lə-vā-nāh} ‘white’.
Root and etymology
b-ḥ-rbet-ḥet-resh
“to shine”
In context — Leviticus 13:4
But if the shiny spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest must isolate the affliction for seven days.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:4, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־בַּהֶרֶת֩ (veimbaheret) 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.13.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.4.W1.S1) and character.