Exodus 17:14:7Exod.17.14.W7TAB
בַּסֵּ֔פֶר
basefer
“in the book”
- Transliteration
- ba-SE-fer
- Extended
- bah-SEH-fehr
- IPA
- /bas.ˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the book
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-SE-fer
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE ke-TOV ZOT zik-ka-RON ba-SE-fer ve-SIM be-oz-NEY ye-ho-SHU-a
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE ke-TOV ZOT zik-ka-RON ba-SE-fer ve-SIM be-oz-NEY ye-ho-SHU-a ki-ma-KHO em-KHEH et-ZE-kher a-ma-LEK mit-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
Within the speech, the coordinated imperatives ketov {כְּתֹ֨ב | kə-ṭōv} “write” and vesim {וְשִׂ֖ם | wə-śîm} “place” govern zot zikaron basefer {זֹ֤את זִכָּרוֹן֙ בַּסֵּ֔פֶר | zōt zik-kā-rôn bas-sē-fer} “this memorial in the scroll” and the idiom beoznei Yehoshua {בְּאָזְנֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ | bə-ʾāz-nê yə-hō-šū-aʿ} “in the ears of Joshua” to convey written and oral transmission. In English, these imperatives are rendered as “Write this in the scroll as a memorial and speak it so that Joshua hears it” (formal) and “Record this as a reminder in a scroll and make Joshua listen closely” (dynamic), preserving dual modes.
Root and etymology
RootSamekh-Pe-Resh
“to write, record”
In context — Exodus 17:14
The LORD said to Moses, “Write this in the scroll as a memorial , and speak it so that Joshua hears it, for I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 17:14, so the Hebrew word בַּסֵּ֔פֶר (basefer) 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.17.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.14.W7.S1) and character.