Leviticus 13:45:10Lev.13.45.W10TAB
וְעַל־שָׂפָ֖ם
vealsafaam
“and over his upper lip”
- Transliteration
- ve-AL-sa-FAAM
- Extended
- veh-ahl-sah-FAAM
- IPA
- /və.ʕal.saˈfaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and over his upper lip
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AL-sa-FAAM
- 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
Another clause introduced by ve-al-sa-fam {וְעַל־שָׂפָם | wə·ʿal-śā·pām} ‘and on the upper lip’ with the verb ya’ṭeh {יַעְטֶה | ya·ʿaṭ·tēh} ‘cover’ prescribes covering the lip.
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 13:45:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 13:45, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־שָׂפָ֖ם (vealsafaam) 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.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.45.W10.S1) and character.