Leviticus 22:4:14Lev.22.4.W14TAB
יִטְהָ֑ר
yithar
“is purified”
- Transliteration
- yit-HAR
- Extended
- yit-HAAR
- IPA
- /jitˈhaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- is purified
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yit-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yit-HAR
- clause
ISH ISH mi-ZE-RA a-ha-RON ve-HU tsa-RU-ah O ZAV ba-ko-da-SHIM LO yo-KHAL AD a-SHER yit-HAR
- sentence
ISH ISH mi-ZE-RA a-ha-RON ve-HU tsa-RU-ah O ZAV ba-ko-da-SHIM LO yo-KHAL AD a-SHER yit-HAR veh-ha-no-GEA beh-khol-teh-meh-NEH-fesh O ISH a-SHER-te-TSE mi-me-NU shikh-VAT-ZA-RA
Exegesis
The temporal clause ad asher yithar {עַ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִטְהָ֑ר | ʿaḏ ʾă-šer yiṯ-ḥā-r} ties the eating ban to ritual cleansing.
Root and etymology
Roottet-heh-resh
“to be clean, purify”
In context — Leviticus 22:4
Any man from the offspring of Aaron who is afflicted with a skin disease or has a discharge must not eat the holy things until he is clean. And anyone who touches anything unclean through contact with a dead person or a man with a semen emission must not eat them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 22:4, so the Hebrew word יִטְהָ֑ר (yithar) 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.22.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.4.W14.S1) and character.