Leviticus 14:40:6Lev.14.40.W6TAB
בָּהֵ֖ן
bahen
“in them”
- Transliteration
- ba-HEN
- Extended
- bah-HEHN
- IPA
- /baˈheːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- in them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ba-HEN
- clause
veh-tsi-VA ha-ko-HEN veh-khil-TSU et-ha-ah-va-NEEM a-SHER ba-HEN ha-NA-ga
- sentence
veh-tsi-VA ha-ko-HEN veh-khil-TSU et-ha-ah-va-NEEM a-SHER ba-HEN ha-NA-ga veh-hish-LI-khoo et-HEN el-mi-KHUTS la-IR el-ma-KOM ta-ME
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive Piel, vekhilletsu {וְחִלְּצוּ֙ | wə-ḥilləṣû} ‘and they shall tear out’, intensifies the action on et-haavanim {אֶת־הָ֣אֲבָנִ֔ים | ʾet-hā-ʾăvānîm} ‘the stones’, which are specified by the relative clause asher bahem hanagga {אֲשֶׁר בָּהֵ֖ן הַנָּ֑גַע | ʾăšer bāhên han-nāggaʿ} ‘which have the infection’.
Root and etymology
“thumb or big toe”
In context — Leviticus 14:40
And the priest shall command, and they shall tear out the stones which have the infection , and they shall cast them outside the city to an unclean place.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:40:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 14:40, so the Hebrew word בָּהֵ֖ן (bahen) 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.14.40.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.40.W6.S1) and character.