Leviticus 13:43:12Lev.13.43.W12TAB
צָרַ֖עַת
tsaraat
“leprosy”
- Transliteration
- TSA-ra-at
- Extended
- TSAA-rah-aht
- IPA
- /ˈtsa.ra.ʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- leprosy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
TSA-ra-at
- phraseyour reading level
ke-mar-EH TSA-ra-at
- clause
ke-mar-EH TSA-ra-at OR ba-SAR
- 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
Finally, the simile kemar’eh tsara’at or basar {כְּמַרְאֵה צָרַעַת עוֹר בָּשָׂר | kə-mar-ʾê ṣā-ra-ʿaṯ ʿôr ba-sār} ‘like the appearance of leprosy on the skin of the flesh’ establishes the impurity benchmark in the ritual purity code.
Root and etymology
tsade-resh-ayintsade-resh-ayin
“strike with leprosy”
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 13:43:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 13:43, so the Hebrew word צָרַ֖עַת (tsaraat) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.43.W12.S1) and character.