Leviticus 14:35:7Lev.14.35.W7TAB
כְּנֶ֕גַע
khenega
“like a plague”
- Transliteration
- khe-NE-ga
- Extended
- kheh-NEH-gah
- IPA
- /xəˈnɛ.ɡaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a plague
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khe-NE-ga
- clause
khe-NE-ga nir-AA LI ba-BAA-yit
- sentence
u-BA a-sher-LO ha-BA-yit ve-hi-GEED la-ko-HEN leh-MOR khe-NE-ga nir-AA LI ba-BAA-yit
Exegesis
The phrase ke-nega nirah li ba-bayit {כְּנֶגַע נִרְאָ֥ה לִ֖י בַּבָּֽיִת | ke-ne-ʿāʿ nir-ʾāh lī ba-bā-yît} employs the preposition kaf as a simile marker and a Niphal perfect passive to express perception. English rendering follows a Subject–Verb–Object order to maintain clarity while preserving Hebrew legal-report structure.
Root and etymology
Rootnun-gimel-ayin
“touch, strike, afflict”
In context — Leviticus 14:35
And the owner of the house comes and reports to the priest , saying, “Something like a plague has appeared to me in the house.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:35:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 14:35, so the Hebrew word כְּנֶ֕גַע (khenega) 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.14.35.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.35.W7.S1) and character.