Leviticus 13:42:2Lev.13.42.W2TAB
בַקָּרַ֙חַת֙
vakarakhat
“on the bald head”
- Transliteration
- va-ka-RA-khat
- Extended
- vah-kah-RAH-khat
- IPA
- /va.qaˈraħaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the bald head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
va-ka-RA-khat
- phraseyour reading level
veh-KHI-yi-HYEH va-ka-RA-khat
- clause
veh-KHI-yi-HYEH va-ka-RA-khat OH va-ga-BA-khat NE-ga la-VAN a-dam-DAM
- sentence
veh-KHI-yi-HYEH va-ka-RA-khat OH va-ga-BA-khat NE-ga la-VAN a-dam-DAM tsa-RA-at po-RA-khat HEE be-ka-rakh-TO OH veh-ga-BAKH-TO
Exegesis
Two parallel locative phrases—baqarachat {בַקָּרַחַת | baqqāraḥaṯ} ‘on the baldness’ and bagabbachat {בַגַּבַּחַת | baḡaḇḥaṯ} ‘on the frontal baldness’—specify the precise sites.
In context — Leviticus 13:42
And if there is on the bald head or on the bald forehead a sore that is white and reddish, it is a leprosy breaking out in his baldness or in his frontal baldness.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:42:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 13:42, so the Hebrew word בַקָּרַ֙חַת֙ (vakarakhat) 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.13.42.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.42.W2.S1) and character.