Exodus 16:36:3Exod.16.36.W3TAB
הָאֵיפָ֖ה
haefa
“the ephah”
- Transliteration
- ha-e-FA
- Extended
- hah-ee-FAA
- IPA
- /haː.ʔeː.ˈfaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ephah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-e-FA
- phraseyour reading level
a-si-RIT ha-e-FA
- sentence
ve-ha-O-mer a-si-RIT ha-e-FA HU
Exegesis
The construct chain asirit haeifah {עֲשִׂרִ֥ית הָאֵיפָ֖ה | ʿă-šī-rît hā-ʾê-p̄āh} “a tenth of the ephah” syntactically binds the fractional noun to its base measure.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–pe–he
“to measure out, to bake”
In context — Exodus 16:36
Now the omer is one-tenth of the ephah .
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:36:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 16:36, so the Hebrew word הָאֵיפָ֖ה (haefa) 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.16.36.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.36.W3.S1) and character.