Leviticus 13:42:4Lev.13.42.W4TAB
בַגַּבַּ֔חַת
vagabakhat
“on the bald forehead”
- Transliteration
- va-ga-BA-khat
- Extended
- vah-gah-BAH-khat
- IPA
- /va.gaˈbaħaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the bald forehead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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-ga-BA-khat
- phraseyour reading level
OH va-ga-BA-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.
Root and etymology
ג־ב־ח
“to be bald at the front”
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 13:42:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 13:42, so the Hebrew word בַגַּבַּ֔חַת (vagabakhat) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.42.W4.S1) and character.