Leviticus 14:48:12Lev.14.48.W12TAB
וְטִהַ֤ר
vehtihar
“declares clean”
- Transliteration
- veh-ti-HAR
- Extended
- veh-tee-HAR
- IPA
- /vətiˈhar/
Meaning by language
- English
- declares clean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ti-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ti-HAR ha-ko-HEN
- clause
veh-ti-HAR ha-ko-HEN et-ha-BA-yit ki nir-PA ha-NA-ga
- sentence
veh-im-BOH ya-VOH ha-ko-HEN veh-rah-AA veh-hi-NEH loh-FA-sah ha-NE-ga ba-BA-yit a-kha-REI ih-TOH-akh et-ha-BA-yit veh-ti-HAR ha-ko-HEN et-ha-BA-yit ki nir-PA ha-NA-ga
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive ve-tihar {וְטִהַר | wə·ṭi·hār} ‘and he shall pronounce clean’ resumes the main clause, reaffirming the priest’s judicial authority.
Root and etymology
ṭ-h-r
“to be clean, pure”
In context — Leviticus 14:48
And if the priest enters and observes that the affliction has not spread in the house after it has been plastered, then he shall pronounce the house clean because the affliction has been healed.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:48:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 14:48, so the Hebrew word וְטִהַ֤ר (vehtihar) 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.14.48.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.48.W12.S1) and character.