Leviticus 20:17:7Lev.20.17.W7TAB
וְרָאָ֨ה
veraah
“and sees”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-AH
- Extended
- veh-RAA
- IPA
- /vəraˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and sees
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ra-AH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-AH ET-er-va-TAH
- clause
ve-EESH a-SHER-yi-KAKH ET-a-KHO-to bat-a-VIV OH bat-i-MO ve-ra-AH ET-er-va-TAH ve-HEE-tir-EH ET-er-va-TO KHE-sed HU ve-nikh-re-TOO le-eh-NEE be-NEY am-MAM
- sentence
ve-EESH a-SHER-yi-KAKH ET-a-KHO-to bat-a-VIV OH bat-i-MO ve-ra-AH ET-er-va-TAH ve-HEE-tir-EH ET-er-va-TO KHE-sed HU ve-nikh-re-TOO le-eh-NEE be-NEY am-MAM er-VAT a-KHO-to gil-LAH a-vo-NO yi-SA
Exegesis
The paired verbs ve-ra-ah {וְרָאָ֨ה | wə-rāʾāh} ‘and he sees’ and ve-hi-tir-eh {וְהִֽיא־תִרְאֶ֤ה | wə-hîʾ-tirʾeh} ‘and she sees’ form a chiastic parallel emphasizing mutual exposure.
In context — Leviticus 20:17
If a man takes his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace . They shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people; for he has uncovered his sister’s nakedness, and he shall bear his iniquity.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 20:17, so the Hebrew word וְרָאָ֨ה (veraah) 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.20.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.17.W7.S1) and character.