Leviticus 14:36:5Lev.14.36.W5TAB
בְּטֶ֨רֶם
beterem
“before”
- Transliteration
- be-TE-rem
- Extended
- beh-TEH-rem
- IPA
- /bəˈtɛrɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-TE-rem
- phraseyour reading level
be-TE-rem ya-VO ha-koh-HEN
- clause
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
- sentence
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
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’).
In context — Leviticus 14:36
And the priest shall command that they clear out the house before the priest comes to inspect the plague , so that nothing in the house will become unclean. Afterward the priest shall come to inspect the house.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:36:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 14:36, so the Hebrew word בְּטֶ֨רֶם (beterem) 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.14.36.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.36.W5.S1) and character.