Exodus 39:16:7Exod.39.16.W7TAB
זָהָ֑ב
zahav
“gold”
- Transliteration
- za-HAV
- Extended
- zah-HAAV
- IPA
- /za.ˈhaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- gold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-HAV
- phraseyour reading level
tab-OT za-HAV
- clause
va-ya-a-SU she-TEY mish-be-TSOT za-HAV oo-she-TEY tab-OT za-HAV
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU she-TEY mish-be-TSOT za-HAV oo-she-TEY tab-OT za-HAV va-yit-NU et-she-TEY ha-tab-ba-OT al-she-NEY ke-TSOT ha-KHO-shen
Exegesis
The numeral shtei {שְׁתֵּי | šᵗey} ‘two’ in construct governs mishbetsot {מִשְׁבְּצֹת | mišbəṣōṯ} ‘settings’, modified by zahav {זָהָב | zāhāv} ‘gold’.
Root and etymology
ז־ה־ב
“to shine”
In context — Exodus 39:16
And they made two settings of gold and two rings of gold, and they placed the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece .
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 39:16, so the Hebrew word זָהָ֑ב (zahav) 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.39.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.16.W7.S1) and character.