Leviticus 13:42:6Lev.13.42.W6TAB
לָבָ֣ן
lavan
“white”
- Transliteration
- la-VAN
- Extended
- lah-VAAN
- IPA
- /laˈvaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- white
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-VAN
- phraseyour reading level
la-VAN a-dam-DAM
- 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
The noun phrase nega‘ lavan adamdam {נֶגַע לָבָן אֲדַמְדָּם | negaʿ lāḇān ʾăḏamḏām} ‘white and reddish sore’ combines noun and color adjectives in diagnostic detail.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-bet-nun
“to be white”
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 13:42:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 13:42, so the Hebrew word לָבָ֣ן (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.13.42.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.42.W6.S1) and character.