Leviticus 13:4:11Lev.13.4.W11TAB
לָבָ֑ן
lavan
“white”
- Transliteration
- la-VAN
- Extended
- lah-VAAN
- IPA
- /laːˈvan/
Meaning by language
- English
- white
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-VAN
- 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.
Root and etymology
ל־ב־ן
“white”
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 13:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 13:4, so the Hebrew word לָבָ֑ן (lavan) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.4.W11.S1) and character.