1 Chronicles 16:19:31 Chr.16.19.W3TAB
מִסְפָּ֔ר
mispar
“number”
- Transliteration
- mis-PA-r
- Extended
- mihs-PAAHR
- IPA
- /misˈpaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- number
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mis-PA-r
- phraseyour reading level
meh-TEI mis-PA-r
- sentence
bih-he-YOT-khem meh-TEI mis-PA-r kim-A-t ve-ga-RIM BAH
Exegesis
The construct chain metei mispar {מְתֵ֣י מִסְפָּ֔ר | mə-ṯē mis-pār} “men of number” denotes a small, countable population.
Root and etymology
s-p-rsamekh–pe–resh
“to count, number”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:19
When you were few in number , few indeed, and sojourners in it.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 16:19, so the Hebrew word מִסְפָּ֔ר (mispar) 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 1 Chr.16.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.19.W3.S1) and character.