Leviticus 15:13:12Lev.15.13.W12TAB

בְּשָׂר֛וֹ

besaro

his flesh

Transliteration
be-sa-RO
Extended
beh-sah-ROH
IPA
/bə.saˈroː/

Meaning by language

English
his flesh

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + שָׂ + ר֛וֹ
be + sa + ro
besaro

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-sa-RO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    veh-rah-KHATS be-sa-RO

  3. clause

    veh-rah-KHATS be-sa-RO be-ma-YIM khai-YIM veh-ta-HER

  4. 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 coordinated commands (və-kib-bes bə-ḡā-dāw {וְכִבֶּס בְּגָדָיו | və-kib-bes bə-ḡā-dāw} and və-rā-ḥaṣ bə-sā-rō {וְרָחַץ בְּשָׂרוֹ | və-rā-ḥaṣ bə-sā-rō}) present parallel ritual acts—washing garments versus bathing flesh—in bema-yim ḥay-yim {בְּמַיִם חַיִּים | bə-ma-yim ḥay-yim} ‘in living water’, emphasizing flowing water.

Root and etymology

b-s-rbet-shin-resh

flesh, body

In contextLeviticus 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 15:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 15:13, so the Hebrew word בְּשָׂר֛וֹ (besaro) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.13.W12.S1) and character.