1 Chronicles 21:2:71 Chr.21.2.W7TAB
סִפְרוּ֙
sifru
“count”
- Transliteration
- sif-RU
- Extended
- sihf-ROO
- IPA
- /sifˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- count
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
sif-RU
- clause
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
- 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 imperative ləḵû {לְכוּ | lə-ḵû} ‘go’ initiates the command, immediately followed by sīprû {סִפְרוּ | sī-prû} ‘count’ in the Qal imperative.
Root and etymology
Roots-f-r
“to 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 21:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Chronicles 21:2, so the Hebrew word סִפְרוּ֙ (sifru) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.2.W7.S1) and character.