Leviticus 13:44:1Lev.13.44.W1TAB
אִישׁ־צָר֥וּעַ
eeshtsarua
“leprous man”
- Transliteration
- eesh-tsa-RU-a
- Extended
- eesh-tsa-ROO-ah
- IPA
- /ʔiːʃ.tsaˈruː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- leprous man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
eesh-tsa-RU-a
- phraseyour reading level
eesh-tsa-RU-a HU
- clause
eesh-tsa-RU-a HU ta-ME HU
- sentence
eesh-tsa-RU-a HU ta-ME HU ta-ME ye-tam-me-EN-noo ha-ko-HEN be-ro-SHO ni-GO
Exegesis
The Hebrew clause sequence begins with ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ modified by tsarua {צָרוּעַ | ṣārûaʿ} ‘leprous’ and the copula hu {הוּא | hūʼ} ‘he’.
Root and etymology
ṣ-r-ʿtsade-resh-ayin
“to be struck, afflicted”
In context — Leviticus 13:44
He is a leprous man , he is unclean; the priest shall pronounce him unclean because the sore is on his head.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:44:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:44, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ־צָר֥וּעַ (eeshtsarua) 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.13.44.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.44.W1.S1) and character.