Leviticus 13:4:4Lev.13.4.W4TAB
בְּע֣וֹר
beor
“in the skin”
- Transliteration
- be-OR
- Extended
- beh-OHR
- IPA
- /bəˈʕoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the skin
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-OR
- phraseyour reading level
be-OR be-sa-RO
- 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
A coordinated comparative clause be‘or besaro and ve’amok ein mar’ehā min-ha‘or {בְּעוֹר בְּשָׂרוֹ וְעָמֹק אֵין־מַרְאֶהָ מִן־הָעוֹר | bə-ʿôr bə-sā-rō wə-ʿā-môq ʾên marʾē(h)-āh min-hā-ʿôr} limits depth.
Root and etymology
‘-v-rayin–vav–resh
“skin, hide”
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 13:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 13:4, so the Hebrew word בְּע֣וֹר (beor) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.4.W4.S1) and character.