Leviticus 13:45:1Lev.13.45.W1TAB
וְהַצָּר֜וּעַ
vehatsarua
“the leper”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-tsa-RU-a
- Extended
- veh-hah-tsah-ROO-ah
- IPA
- /və.ha.tsaːˈruː.ʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- the leper
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ve-ha-tsa-RU-a
- clause
ve-ha-tsa-RU-a a-SHER-BO ha-NE-ga be-ga-DAV yih-YU fe-roo-MEEM ve-ro-SHO yih-YE fa-RU-a ve-AL-sa-FAAM ya-e-TE
- sentence
ve-ha-tsa-RU-a a-SHER-BO ha-NE-ga be-ga-DAV yih-YU fe-roo-MEEM ve-ro-SHO yih-YE fa-RU-a ve-AL-sa-FAAM ya-e-TE ve-ta-ME ta-ME yik-RA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the continuative vav and the participle vehatsaru’a {וְהַצָּרוּעַ | wə·ḥaṣ·ṣā·rû·ʿā} ‘leprous one’, establishing an ongoing condition.
Root and etymology
נ־ג־ע
“to strike, afflict”
In context — Leviticus 13:45
And the leprous person who has the infection in him—his garments shall be torn, his head shall be unbound, he shall cover his upper lip, and he shall call out, “Unclean! Unclean!”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:45:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:45, so the Hebrew word וְהַצָּר֜וּעַ (vehatsarua) 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.13.45.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.45.W1.S1) and character.