Leviticus 13:42:9Lev.13.42.W9TAB
פֹּרַ֙חַת֙
porakhat
“breaking out”
- Transliteration
- po-RA-khat
- Extended
- poh-RAH-khat
- IPA
- /poˈraħaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- breaking out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
po-RA-khat
- phraseyour reading level
tsa-RA-at po-RA-khat
- clause
tsa-RA-at po-RA-khat HEE be-ka-rakh-TO OH veh-ga-BAKH-TO
- 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 classification term tsara‘at {צָרַעַת | ṣāraʿāṯ} ‘leprosy’ is then named, followed by the active participle porachat {פֹּרַחַת | pȏraḥaṯ} ‘breaking out’, marking the eruption’s manifestation.
Root and etymology
Rootpe-resh-chet
“to sprout, blossom, break out”
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 13:42:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 13:42, so the Hebrew word פֹּרַ֙חַת֙ (porakhat) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.42.W9.S1) and character.