Leviticus 13:45:14Lev.13.45.W14TAB
יִקְרָֽא׃
yikra
“call out”
- Transliteration
- yik-RA
- Extended
- yik-RAA
- IPA
- /jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- call out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yik-RA
- clause
ve-ta-ME ta-ME yik-RA
- 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 final phrase vetamei tamei yikra {וְטָמֵא טָמֵא יִקְרָא | wə·ṭā·mēʾ ṭā·mēʾ yiqq·rā} ‘and unclean, unclean he shall call’ employs repetition as a ritual proclamation. English rendering shifts from Hebrew VSO order and paratactic style to SVO and infinitival clauses for clarity in a legal context.
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 13:45:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 13:45, so the Hebrew word יִקְרָֽא׃ (yikra) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.45.W14.S1) and character.