לִרְא֥וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לִרְא֥וֹת

   lir-OT

   see
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת׃

   lir-OT et-ha-BAA-yit

   see the house
3. clause🔊 וְאַ֥חַר כֵּ֛ן יָבֹ֥א הַכֹּהֵ֖ן לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת׃

   ve-a-KHAR KEN ya-VO ha-koh-HEN lir-OT et-ha-BAA-yit

   afterward thus the priest come see the house
4. sentence🔊 וְצִוָּ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן וּפִנּ֣וּ אֶת־הַבַּ֗יִת בְּטֶ֨רֶם יָבֹ֤א הַכֹּהֵן֙ לִרְא֣וֹת אֶת־הַנֶּ֔גַע וְלֹ֥א יִטְמָ֖א כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּבָּ֑יִת וְאַ֥חַר כֵּ֛ן יָבֹ֥א הַכֹּהֵ֖ן לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת׃

   ve-tsi-VAH ha-koh-HEN oo-fi-NOO et-ha-BA-yit be-TE-rem ya-VO ha-koh-HEN lir-OT et-ha-NE-ga ve-LO yit-MA kol-a-SHER ba-BA-yit ve-a-KHAR KEN ya-VO ha-koh-HEN lir-OT et-ha-BAA-yit

   the priest command empty the house before the priest come see the disease all that in the house not become unclean afterward thus the priest come see the house

Exegesis

The clause be-terem ya-vo ha-kohen lir-ot et-ha-nega {בְּטֶ֨רֶם יָבֹ֤א הַכֹּהֵן֙ לִרְא֣וֹת אֶת־הַנֶּ֔גַע | bəṯerem yāḇōʾ hakkôhēn lirʾôt ʾet-hannegeʿ} employs a prepositional infinitive construct to express the preventative condition (‘before the priest comes to inspect the plague’).

Finally, the phrase ve-a-khar ken ya-vo ha-kohen lir-ot et-ha-bayit {וְאַ֥חַר כֵּ֛ן יָבֹ֥א הַכֹּהֵ֖ן לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת | wǝʾaḥar kēn yāḇōʾ hakkôhēn lirʾôt ʾet-habbāyîṯ} ‘and afterward thus the priest comes to inspect the house’ resumes the narrative sequence, marking the ritual’s completion. Translation renders Hebrew infinitive constructs with English finite verbs introduced by explicit temporal conjunctions to mirror the original’s causal and temporal flow.