2 Chronicles 23:4:122 Chr.23.4.W12TAB
הַסִּפִּֽים׃
hasipim
“the thresholds”
- Transliteration
- ha-si-PIM
- Extended
- hah-sih-PEEM
- IPA
- /has.sipˈpiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the thresholds
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-si-PIM
- clause
ha-she-li-SHIT mi-KEM ba-E ha-sha-BAT la-kho-ha-NIM ve-lal-vi-YIM le-sho-a-RE ha-si-PIM
- sentence
ZE ha-da-VAR a-SHER ta-a-SU ha-she-li-SHIT mi-KEM ba-E ha-sha-BAT la-kho-ha-NIM ve-lal-vi-YIM le-sho-a-RE ha-si-PIM
Exegesis
The coordinated prepositional phrases la-kōhănîm wǝ-la-lǝwîyîm {לַכֹּהֲנִים וְלַלְוִיִּים | la-kōhănîm wǝ-la-lǝwîyîm} “to the priests and to the Levites” narrow the participants, and the infinitive construct lǝ-šōʿărê ha-sippîm {לְשֹׁעֲרֵי הַסִּפִּים | lǝ-šōʿărê ha-sippîm} “to serve as gatekeepers at the thresholds” assigns their duty. The Hebrew structure proceeds from general command to precise allocation, mirrored in the formal by an appositive em dash and in the dynamic by clear role phrasing.
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:4
This is what you are to do: one third of you who come on the Sabbath—those from the priests and the Levites—shall serve as gatekeepers at the thresholds .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 23:4, so the Hebrew word הַסִּפִּֽים׃ (hasipim) 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 2 Chr.23.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.4.W12.S1) and character.