Leviticus 21:18:14Lev.21.18.W14TAB
שָׂרֽוּעַ׃
sarua
“with one limb too long”
- Transliteration
- sa-RU-a
- Extended
- sah-ROO-ah
- IPA
- /sa.ˈruː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- with one limb too long
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-RU-a
- phraseyour reading level
O sa-RU-a
- clause
ISH ee-VER O pi-SE-akh O kha-RUM O sa-RU-a
- sentence
KI khol-ISH ah-sher-BO MUM LO yik-RAV ISH ee-VER O pi-SE-akh O kha-RUM O sa-RU-a
Exegesis
The following clause mirrors this with ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ and a syndetic list of physical conditions—ivver {עִוֵּר | ʿiv-ver} ‘blind’, pisseach {פִסֵּחַ | pî-sê-āḥ} ‘lame’, charum {חָרֻם | ḥă-rûm} ‘disfigured’, sarua {שָׂרוּעַ | să-rû-aʿ} ‘stretched-out’—each joined by o {אוֹ | ʾō} ‘or’. This general prohibition followed by enumerated examples underscores the priestly requirement for ritual purity by explicitly excluding all with physical blemishes.
Root and etymology
shin-resh-ayinshin resh ayin
“to stretch out”
In context — Leviticus 21:18
For any man who has a defect shall not come near: a man who is blind, or lame, or mutilated in face , or a limb too long.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:18:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 21:18, so the Hebrew word שָׂרֽוּעַ׃ (sarua) 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.21.18.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.18.W14.S1) and character.