Leviticus 13:43:1Lev.13.43.W1TAB
וְרָאָ֨ה
vehraah
“examined”
- Transliteration
- veh-ra-AH
- Extended
- veh-ra-AA
- IPA
- /vəraˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- examined
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
veh-ra-AH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ra-AH o-TO
- clause
veh-ra-AH o-TO hah-koh-HEN veh-hin-NEH seh-et-hah-NE-ga leh-va-NAH a-dam-DE-met veh-ka-RAKH-to O veh-gab-BAKH-to
- sentence
veh-ra-AH o-TO hah-koh-HEN veh-hin-NEH seh-et-hah-NE-ga leh-va-NAH a-dam-DE-met veh-ka-RAKH-to O veh-gab-BAKH-to ke-mar-EH TSA-ra-at OR ba-SAR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Qal perfect vera’ah {וְרָאָה | wə-rā-ʾā} ‘and he shall see’, marking the priest’s inspection, followed by the object marker oto {אֹתוֹ | ʾō-ṯō} ‘him’.
Root and etymology
r-’-h
“to see, observe”
In context — Leviticus 13:43
The priest shall see him, and behold, the swelling of the affliction appears white-reddish on his bald head or on his forehead, like the appearance of leprosy on the skin of the flesh.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:43:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:43, so the Hebrew word וְרָאָ֨ה (vehraah) 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.13.43.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.43.W1.S1) and character.