Leviticus 13:5:1Lev.13.5.W1TAB
וְרָאָ֣הוּ
vehraaahoo
“{And He} shall inspect him”
- Transliteration
- veh-raa-A-hoo
- Extended
- veh-raa-AA-hoo
- IPA
- /vɛ.ra.ˈʔaː.hu/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} shall inspect him
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-raa-A-hoo
- phraseyour reading level
veh-raa-A-hoo ha-ko-HEN
- clause
veh-raa-A-hoo ha-ko-HEN ba-YOM hash-vee-EE veh-hin-NEH ha-NE-ga ah-MAD be-ei-NAV lo-fa-SA ha-NE-ga ba-OR
- sentence
veh-raa-A-hoo ha-ko-HEN ba-YOM hash-vee-EE veh-hin-NEH ha-NE-ga ah-MAD be-ei-NAV lo-fa-SA ha-NE-ga ba-OR veh-his-GEE-ro ha-ko-HEN shiv-AT ya-MIM she-NEET
Exegesis
The structure employs the vav-consecutive verb verahu {וְרָאָ֣הוּ | wə-rā-’ā-hû} ‘and he saw him/it’ and later vehisgiro {וְהִסְגִּיר֧וֹ | və-his-gî-rô} ‘and he shut him up’ to delineate the priest’s actions.
Root and etymology
r-’-h
“to see, observe”
In context — Leviticus 13:5
The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and behold, if the sore has remained in its appearance and has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days a second time.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:5, so the Hebrew word וְרָאָ֣הוּ (vehraaahoo) 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.13.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.5.W1.S1) and character.