Leviticus 14:34:12Lev.14.34.W12TAB
צָרַ֔עַת
tsaraat
“leprosy”
- Transliteration
- tsa-RA-at
- Extended
- tsah-RAA-at
- IPA
- /tsa.ˈra.ʕaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- leprosy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-RA-at
- phraseyour reading level
NE-ga tsa-RA-at
- clause
ve-na-ta-TI NE-ga tsa-RA-at be-VEET E-rets a-khu-ZAT-khem
- sentence
KI ta-VO-OO el-EH-rets ke-NA-an a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM la-a-khu-ZA ve-na-ta-TI NE-ga tsa-RA-at be-VEET E-rets a-khu-ZAT-khem
Exegesis
The construct chain negaʻ {נֶגַע | negaʻ} ‘affliction’ + ṣārāʻat {צָרַעַת | ṣārāʻat} ‘leprosy’ forms a genitive, localized by the locative phrase bə-ḇêyt {בְּבֵית | bə-ḇêyt} ‘in a house’ + ʼereṣ {אֶרֶץ | ʼereṣ} ‘of the land’ + ʼăḥûzatkem {אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם | ʼăḥûzatkem} ‘of your possession’. English maintains the protasis–result structure and renders the vav-consecutive with explicit conjunctions to reflect sequential divine initiative.
Root and etymology
Roottsade-resh-ayin
“leprosy”
In context — Leviticus 14:34
When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving to you as a possession , and I put an affliction of leprosy in a house in the land of your possession;
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:34:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 14:34, so the Hebrew word צָרַ֔עַת (tsaraat) 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.14.34.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.34.W12.S1) and character.