Deuteronomy 16:9:3Deut.16.9.W3TAB
תִּסְפָּר־לָ֑ךְ
tisparlakh
“you shall count for yourself”
- Transliteration
- tis-PAR-lakh
- Extended
- tis-PAAR-lahkh
- IPA
- /tisˈpaːr.laːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall count for yourself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tis-PAR-lakh
- clause
shiv-AH sha-vu-OT tis-PAR-lakh
- sentence
shiv-AH sha-vu-OT tis-PAR-lakh me-ha-KHEL kher-MESH ba-ka-MAH ta-KHEL lis-POR shiv-AH sha-vu-OT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the imperative verb tīspār-lāḵ {תִּסְפָּר־לָךְ | tīspār-lāḵ} ‘you shall count for yourself’, establishing a direct command.
In context — Deuteronomy 16:9
You shall count seven weeks for yourself, and from the time you begin to put the sickle into the standing grain, you shall begin to count seven weeks.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 16:9, so the Hebrew word תִּסְפָּר־לָ֑ךְ (tisparlakh) 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 Deut.16.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.9.W3.S1) and character.