Leviticus 13:44:9Lev.13.44.W9TAB
נִגְעֽוֹ׃
nigo
“his disease”
- Transliteration
- ni-GO
- Extended
- nih-GOH
- IPA
- /niɡˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his disease
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| 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
ni-GO
- 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
נ־ג־ע
“affliction”
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 13:44:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 13:44, so the Hebrew word נִגְעֽוֹ׃ (nigo) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.44.W9.S1) and character.