2 Chronicles 4:5:32 Chr.4.5.W3TAB
וּשְׂפָתוֹ֙
usefato
“and its rim or lip”
- Transliteration
- u-se-fa-TO
- Extended
- oo-seh-faa-TOH
- IPA
- /uːsəfaˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and its rim or lip
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
u-se-fa-TO
- clause
ve-ov-YO TE-fakh u-se-fa-TO ke-ma-a-SE se-FAT-KOS PE-rakh sho-shan-NA
- sentence
ve-ov-YO TE-fakh u-se-fa-TO ke-ma-a-SE se-FAT-KOS PE-rakh sho-shan-NA ma-kha-ZIK ba-TIM she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ya-KHIL
Exegesis
The parallel clause usefato {וּשְׂפָתוֹ֙ | wə-sə-p̄ā-ṯô} ‘and its rim’ mirrors the first phrase, with kemaaseh sefath-kos {כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה שְׂפַת־כּ֔וֹס | kə-ma–ʿā-śêh sə-p̄aṯ-kōs} ‘like the work of a cup’s rim’ functioning as a prepositional construct that highlights decorative detail.
In context — 2 Chronicles 4:5
Its thickness was a handbreadth , and its rim was like the work of a cup’s rim, like a lily flower. It could hold three thousand baths .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 4:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 4:5, so the Hebrew word וּשְׂפָתוֹ֙ (usefato) 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.4.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.4.5.W3.S1) and character.