Exodus 23:16:4Exod.23.16.W4TAB
מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ
maasekha
“your labor”
- Transliteration
- ma-a-SE-kha
- Extended
- mah-ah-SEH-khah
- IPA
- /ma.ʕăˈseː.xa/
Meaning by language
- English
- your labor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ma-a-SE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
bik-koo-REI ma-a-SE-kha
- clause
ve-KHAG ha-ka-TSIR bik-koo-REI ma-a-SE-kha a-SHER tiz-RA ba-sa-DE
- sentence
ve-KHAG ha-ka-TSIR bik-koo-REI ma-a-SE-kha a-SHER tiz-RA ba-sa-DE ve-KHAG ha-a-SIF be-TSET ha-sha-NAH be-os-pe-KHA et-ma-a-SE-kha min-ha-sa-DE
Exegesis
The construct chain bikurei maasekha {בִּכּוּרֵי מַעֲשֶׂיךָ | bikkūrê maʿăśêkā} ‘firstfruits of your produce’ is extended by the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’, governing the qal imperfect tizra {תִּזְרַע | tizrāʿ} ‘you shall sow’ and the locative basadeh {בַּשָּׂדֶה | ba-sādê} ‘in the field’.
In context — Exodus 23:16
And the Festival of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labor, which you sow in the field, and the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the produce of your labor.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 23:16, so the Hebrew word מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ (maasekha) 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.23.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.16.W4.S1) and character.