Leviticus 14:44:8Lev.14.44.W8TAB
צָרַ֨עַת
tsaraat
“leprosy”
- Transliteration
- TSA-ra-at
- Extended
- TSAA-ra-at
- IPA
- /ˈtsaː.ra.ʕat/
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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Word in context
- word
TSA-ra-at
- phraseyour reading level
TSA-ra-at mam-E-ret HEE
- clause
TSA-ra-at mam-E-ret HEE ba-BA-yit ta-ME HOO
- sentence
oo-VA ha-ko-HEN ve-ra-AH ve-hin-NEH PA-sa ha-NE-ga ba-BA-yit TSA-ra-at mam-E-ret HEE ba-BA-yit ta-ME HOO
Exegesis
The noun phrase hanega {הַנֶּ֖גַע | ha-nə-‘a} ‘the affliction’ together with tsara‘at {צָרׇעַת | ṣā-rə-‘aṯ} ‘leprosy’ and the participle mamaneret {מַמְאֶ֥רֶת | mam-me-ʾe-ret} ‘malignant’ intensifies severity.
Root and etymology
ṣ-r-‘tsade-resh-ayin
“to smite with disease”
In context — Leviticus 14:44
And the priest shall come and examine it, and behold, if the affliction has spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house; it is unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:44:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 14:44, so the Hebrew word צָרַ֨עַת (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.14.44.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.44.W8.S1) and character.