Leviticus 13:6:19Lev.13.6.W19TAB
וְטָהֵֽר׃
vetaher
“be clean”
- Transliteration
- ve-ta-HER
- Extended
- veh-tah-HER
- IPA
- /vetaˈheːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- be clean
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 | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ta-HER
- clause
ve-ti-ha-RO ha-ko-HEN mis-pa-KHAT hi ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ta-HER
- sentence
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN o-TO ba-YOM hash-she-vee-EE she-NIT ve-hin-NEH ke-HAH ha-NE-ga ve-LO-fa-SA ha-NE-ga ba-OR ve-ti-ha-RO ha-ko-HEN mis-pa-KHAT hi ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ta-HER
Exegesis
The subsequent directive wə·kî·bes bə·gā·ḏāyw {וְכִבֶּ֥ס בְּגָדָ֖יו | wə·kî·bes bə·gā·ḏāyw} ‘and he shall wash his clothes’ and the final Qal perfect wə·ṭā·hēr {וְטָהֵֽר | wə·ṭā·hēr} ‘and he will be clean’ complete the cleansing sequence.
Root and etymology
t-h-rTet-Heh-Resh
“to be clean, pure”
In context — Leviticus 13:6
And the priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and behold, if the infection has faded and has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. He shall wash his clothes, and he will be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:6:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Leviticus 13:6, so the Hebrew word וְטָהֵֽר׃ (vetaher) 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.13.6.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.6.W19.S1) and character.