Leviticus 13:44:8Lev.13.44.W8TAB
בְּרֹאשׁ֥וֹ
berosho
“on his head”
- Transliteration
- be-ro-SHO
- Extended
- beh-roh-SHOH
- IPA
- /bəroˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on his head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-ro-SHO
- phraseyour reading level
be-ro-SHO ni-GO
- clause
ta-ME ye-tam-me-EN-noo ha-ko-HEN be-ro-SHO ni-GO
- 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 prepositional phrase berosho nigo {בְּרֹאשׁוֹ נִגְעוֹ | bə-rōʼšô nigo} ‘on his head his sore’ specifies the diagnostic locus. English reorders for clarity while preserving the declarative structure and juridical progression.
Root and etymology
ר־א־שׁ
“head, top”
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 13:44:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 13:44, so the Hebrew word בְּרֹאשׁ֥וֹ (berosho) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.44.W8.S1) and character.