Deuteronomy 16:9:8Deut.16.9.W8TAB
לִסְפֹּ֔ר
lispor
“to count”
- Transliteration
- lis-POR
- Extended
- lis-POHR
- IPA
- /lisˈpoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to count
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lis-POR
- phraseyour reading level
ta-KHEL lis-POR
- clause
me-ha-KHEL kher-MESH ba-ka-MAH ta-KHEL lis-POR shiv-AH sha-vu-OT
- 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 prepositional phrase mêhā-ḥêל {מֵהָחֵל | mêhā-ḥêל} ‘from the beginning’ introduces a temporal clause that governs the Hifil imperfect tāḥēל {תָּחֵל | tāḥēל}, initiating the subordinate infinitive clause liśpōר {לִסְפֹּר | liśpōר} ‘to count’.
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 16:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 16:9, so the Hebrew word לִסְפֹּ֔ר (lispor) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.9.W8.S1) and character.