Leviticus 13:4:10Lev.13.4.W10TAB
לֹא־הָפַ֣ךְ
lohafakh
“has not turned”
- Transliteration
- LO-ha-FAKH
- Extended
- LOH-hah-FAKH
- IPA
- /loː.haˈfax/
Meaning by language
- English
- has not turned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LO-ha-FAKH
- phraseyour reading level
LO-ha-FAKH la-VAN
- 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 parallel clause use‘arah lo hafakh lavan {וּשְׂעָרָה לֹא־הָפַךְ לָבָן | ū-se-ʿā-rāh lōʾ hā-phaḥ lā-vān} confirms hair color.
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 13:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 13:4, so the Hebrew word לֹא־הָפַ֣ךְ (lohafakh) 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.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.4.W10.S1) and character.