Leviticus 14:28:8Lev.14.28.W8TAB
הַמִּטַּהֵר֙
hamitaher
“the one being cleansed”
- Transliteration
- ha-mi-ta-HER
- Extended
- hah-mih-tah-HEHR
- IPA
- /ham.mit.taˈheːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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Word in context
- word
ha-mi-ta-HER
- phraseyour reading level
O-zen ha-mi-ta-HER
- clause
ve-na-TAN ha-ko-HEN min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-kap-PO 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
- sentence
ve-na-TAN ha-ko-HEN min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-kap-PO 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-me-KOM DAM ha-a-SHAM
Exegesis
The participle hamitaher {הַמִּטַּהֵר | ha-mit-tā-hēr} ‘the one being cleansed’ identifies the beneficiary of the rite.
Root and etymology
Roott-h-r
“to cleanse”
In context — Leviticus 14:28
And the priest shall put from the oil that is in his palm upon the lobe of the right ear of the one being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the big toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the guilt offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 14:28, 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.14.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.28.W8.S1) and character.