Leviticus 14:48:16Lev.14.48.W16TAB
נִרְפָּ֖א
nirpa
“was healed”
- Transliteration
- nir-PA
- Extended
- nir-PAA
- IPA
- /nirˈpaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was healed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nir-PA
- phraseyour reading level
ki nir-PA
- 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
Finally, the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the clause containing the Niphal perfect nirpa {נִרְפָּא | nir·pâ} ‘has been healed’, which provides the rationale for declaring the house clean. This structure reflects the precise process of ritual purification.
Root and etymology
r-p-ʾresh-pe-aleph
“to heal, restore”
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 14:48:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Leviticus 14:48, so the Hebrew word נִרְפָּ֖א (nirpa) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.48.W16.S1) and character.