Leviticus 15:13:1Lev.15.13.W1TAB
וְכִֽי־יִטְהַ֤ר
vehkheeyithar
“when he is cleansed”
- Transliteration
- veh-KHEE-yit-HAR
- Extended
- veh-KHEE-yit-HAHR
- IPA
- /wəˈxiː.jitˈhar/
Meaning by language
- English
- when he is cleansed
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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-KHEE-yit-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
veh-KHEE-yit-HAR ha-ZAV
- clause
veh-KHEE-yit-HAR ha-ZAV mi-zoh-VO veh-SA-far LO shiv-AT ya-MIM le-ta-ho-ra-TO veh-ki-BES be-ga-DAV
- sentence
veh-KHEE-yit-HAR ha-ZAV mi-zoh-VO veh-SA-far LO shiv-AT ya-MIM le-ta-ho-ra-TO veh-ki-BES be-ga-DAV veh-rah-KHATS be-sa-RO be-ma-YIM khai-YIM veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
The verse begins with ve-ki {וְכִי | və-ki} ‘and when’, a conjunction plus particle marking a conditional legal clause.
The verb yiṯ-har {יִטְהַר | yiṯ-har} ‘is purified’ is qal imperfect, indicating the cleansing process, followed by mi-zô-wô {מִזּוֹבוֹ | mi-zô-wô} ‘from his discharge’, marking the cessation of impurity.
In context — Leviticus 15:13
And when the one with a discharge is purified from his discharge, he shall count for himself seven days for his purification, and he shall wash his garments and bathe his flesh in living water , and he shall be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:13, so the Hebrew word וְכִֽי־יִטְהַ֤ר (vehkheeyithar) 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.15.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.13.W1.S1) and character.