Exodus 16:18:8Exod.16.18.W8TAB
הֶחְסִ֑יר
hekheseer
“lack”
- Transliteration
- he-khe-SEER
- Extended
- heh-kheh-SEER
- IPA
- /hɛħ.ˈsiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- lack
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-khe-SEER
- phraseyour reading level
LO he-khe-SEER
- clause
va-ya-MOD-du va-O-mer ve-LO he-ed-DEEF ha-mar-BEH ve-ha-mam-EET LO he-khe-SEER
- sentence
va-ya-MOD-du va-O-mer ve-LO he-ed-DEEF ha-mar-BEH ve-ha-mam-EET LO he-khe-SEER EESH le-fee-okh-LO la-ka-TU
Exegesis
In the first, hamarbeh {הַמַּרְבֶּה | ham-mar-beh} “the gatherer of much” is the subject with the perfect heedif {הֶעְדִּיף | heʿ-dîp̄} “had surplus,” and in the second vehamamit {וְהַמַּמְעִ֖יט | wə-ham-mam-ʿîṭ} “and the gatherer of little” pairs with hechsir {הֶחְסִיר | heḥ-sîr} “lacked.” These participles act substantivally to convey balanced provision.
Root and etymology
ḥ-s-rheth–samekh–resh
“to lack, be deficient”
In context — Exodus 16:18
When they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have surplus , and the one who gathered little did not have shortage ; each man gathered according to his eating.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 16:18, so the Hebrew word הֶחְסִ֑יר (hekheseer) 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 Exod.16.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.18.W8.S1) and character.