Leviticus 14:17:9Lev.14.17.W9TAB

הַמִּטַּהֵר֙

hamitaher

of the one being cleansed

Transliteration
ha-mi-ta-HER
Extended
hah-mih-tah-HEHR
IPA
/hammitːaˈheːr/

Meaning by language

English
of the one being cleansed

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + מִּ + טַּ + הֵר֙
ha + mi + ta + her
hamitaher

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tett — emphatic
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-mi-ta-HER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    O-zen ha-mi-ta-HER

  3. clause

    oo-mi-YEH-ter ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-kap-PO yi-TEN ha-ko-HEN al-te-NUKH O-zen ha-mi-ta-HER ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen ya-DO ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen rag-LO ha-ye-ma-NIT

  4. sentence

    oo-mi-YEH-ter ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-kap-PO yi-TEN ha-ko-HEN al-te-NUKH O-zen ha-mi-ta-HER ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen ya-DO ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen rag-LO ha-ye-ma-NIT AL DAM ha-a-SHAM

Exegesis

A chain of prepositional phrases—al {עַל־ | ʿal}, ve-al {וְעַל־ | wəʿal}, ve-al {וְעַל־ | wəʿal}—specifies tenukh {תְּנ֞וּךְ | tənūḵ} ‘lobe’ + ozen {אֹ֤זֶן | ʾōzen} ‘ear’ of ha-mitaher {הַמִּטַּהֵר֙ | hammiṭāhēr} ‘the one being cleansed’, bohen {בֹּ֤הֶן | bōhen} ‘thumb’ of his hand, and bohen {בֹּ֥הֶן | bōhen} ‘big toe’ of his foot, each marked by ha-yemanit {הַיְמָנִ֑ית | haymānīt} ‘the right’.

Root and etymology

Roott-h-r

to cleanse

In contextLeviticus 14:17

And from the remainder of the oil on his palm, the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one being cleansed , and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the guilt offering .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 14:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 14:17, so the Hebrew word הַמִּטַּהֵר֙ (hamitaher) 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.14.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.17.W9.S1) and character.