Leviticus 14:18:8Lev.14.18.W8TAB
הַמִּטַּהֵ֑ר
hamitaher
“of the one being cleansed”
- Transliteration
- ha-mi-ta-HER
- Extended
- hah-mih-tah-HER
- IPA
- /hamit.taˈheːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the one being cleansed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-mi-ta-HER
- phraseyour reading level
al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER
- clause
veh-ha-noh-TAR ba-SHE-men a-SHER al-KAF ha-ko-HEN yit-TEN al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER
- sentence
veh-ha-noh-TAR ba-SHE-men a-SHER al-KAF ha-ko-HEN yit-TEN al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER ve-ki-PER a-LAV ha-ko-HEN lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verb yiṯten {יִתֵּ֖ן | yi-ttên} ‘he shall put’ governs the directional action toward ʿal-rōʾš hammittāhēr {עַל־רֹאשׁ הַמִּטַּהֵ֑ר | ʿal-rōʾš ham-miṭ-tā-hêr} ‘on the head of the one being cleansed’, a typical idiom for anointing.
Root and etymology
Roott-h-r
“to cleanse”
In context — Leviticus 14:18
And the remainder of the oil on the palm of the priest he shall put on the head of the one being cleansed; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 14:18, so the Hebrew word הַמִּטַּהֵ֑ר (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.14.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.18.W8.S1) and character.