Exodus 23:19:2Exod.23.19.W2TAB
בִּכּוּרֵי֙
bikure
“firstfruits of”
- Transliteration
- bi-ku-RE
- Extended
- bih-koo-REE
- IPA
- /bik.ku.ˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- firstfruits of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bi-ku-RE
- clause
re-SHEET bi-ku-RE ad-MAT-kha ta-VEE BET Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
re-SHEET bi-ku-RE ad-MAT-kha ta-VEE BET Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lo-te-va-SHEL ge-DEE ba-kha-LEV im-MO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the construct chain reishit bikkurei admatekha {רֵאשִׁית בִּכּוּרֵי אַדְמָתְךָ | rē-šîṯ bik-kū-rê ’ad-māṯ-ə-kā}, marking the initial portion of the land’s produce.
Root and etymology
Rootbeth-kaph-resh
“firstfruits”
In context — Exodus 23:19
Bring the beginning of the firstfruits of your land to the house of the LORD your God . You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 23:19, so the Hebrew word בִּכּוּרֵי֙ (bikure) 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.23.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.19.W2.S1) and character.