Exodus 16:8:7Exod.16.8.W7TAB
בָּשָׂ֣ר
basar
“meat”
- Transliteration
- ba-SAR
- Extended
- bah-SAAR
- IPA
- /baːˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- meat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
ba-SAR le-eh-KHOL
- clause
va-YO-mer MO-sheh be-TET Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEM ba-E-rev ba-SAR le-eh-KHOL ve-LE-khem ba-BO-ker lis-BO-a bish-MO-a Ye-ho-VAH et-te-loo-no-te-KHEM a-sher-a-TEM mal-li-NIM a-LAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer MO-sheh be-TET Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEM ba-E-rev ba-SAR le-eh-KHOL ve-LE-khem ba-BO-ker lis-BO-a bish-MO-a Ye-ho-VAH et-te-loo-no-te-KHEM a-sher-a-TEM mal-li-NIM a-LAV ve-NAKH-noo MAH lo-a-LEI-noo te-loo-no-te-KHEM KI al-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The temporal infinitive construct betet {בְּתֵת | bə-tēt} ‘when giving’ governs the paired objects basar {בָּשָׂר | bā-śār} ‘meat’ and velekhem {וְלֶחֶם | wə-le-ḥem} ‘bread,’ while lisboa {לִשְׂבֹּעַ | liś-bō-ʿa} ‘to be satisfied’ marks the intended result and bishmoa {בִּשְׁמֹעַ | biš-mō-ʿa} ‘when hearing’ introduces God’s responsive action.
Root and etymology
b-ś-rbeth–sin–resh
“flesh, meat”
In context — Exodus 16:8
Moses said, “When the LORD gives you meat in the evening to eat and bread in the morning to satisfy you, because the LORD hears your complaints that you raise against Him, what are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the LORD.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 16:8, so the Hebrew word בָּשָׂ֣ר (basar) 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.16.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.8.W7.S1) and character.