1 Chronicles 22:4:41 Chr.22.4.W4TAB
מִסְפָּ֑ר
mispar
“number”
- Transliteration
- mis-PAR
- Extended
- mihs-PAAR
- 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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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-PAR
- phraseyour reading level
le-EN mis-PAR
- clause
va-a-TSAY a-ra-ZIM le-EN mis-PAR
- sentence
va-a-TSAY a-ra-ZIM le-EN mis-PAR ki-HE-vi-U ha-tsi-do-NIM ve-ha-tso-RIM a-TSAY a-ra-ZIM la-ROV le-da-VID
Exegesis
The idiom le’eyn mispar {לְאֵין מִסְפָּר | lə-ʾêyn mis-pār} ‘without number’ employs ein as a negative particle to express boundless quantity.
Root and etymology
s-p-rsamekh–pe–resh
“to count, number”
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:4
Cedar wood was beyond counting, for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought large amounts of cedar to David .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 22:4, so the Hebrew word מִסְפָּ֑ר (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.22.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.4.W4.S1) and character.