1 Chronicles 21:2:151 Chr.21.2.W15TAB
אֶת־מִסְפָּרָֽם׃
etmisparam
“their number”
- Transliteration
- et-mis-pa-RAM
- Extended
- eht-mihs-pah-RAAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.mis.paːˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their number
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-mis-pa-RAM
- clause
ve-ha-VI-u E-lai ve-ed-a et-mis-pa-RAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-yo-AV ve-el-sa-RE ha-AM le-KHU sif-RU et-yis-ra-EL mib-be-ER SHE-va ve-ad-DAN ve-ha-VI-u E-lai ve-ed-a et-mis-pa-RAM
Exegesis
The object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks Yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yiśrāʾēl} ‘Israel’ as the scope, while the merismus mib-bēr še-vāʿ wə-ʻad Dān {מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וְעַד־דָּן | mib-bēr še-vāʿ wə-ʻad Dān} expresses the full territory from Beersheba to Dan.
The compound command wə-hā-vî-ʾû ʾēlây wə-ʾēḏ-‘āh {וְהָבִיאוּ אֵלַי וְאֵדְעָה | wə-hā-vî-ʾû ʾēlây wə-ʾēḏ-‘āh} ‘and bring it to me that I may know’ combines the Hifil imperative and Qal imperfect in a purpose clause, highlighting David’s intent for precise knowledge of mis-pā-rām {מִסְפָּרָם | mis-pā-rām} ‘their number’. The structure maintains the Hebrew VSO order while accommodating English SVO, preserving the sequence of commands and result clause.
Root and etymology
consonantssamekh–pe–resh
“count”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:2
And David said to Joab and to the commanders of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring it to me so that I may know their number.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:2:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Chronicles 21:2, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מִסְפָּרָֽם׃ (etmisparam) 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.21.2.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.2.W15.S1) and character.