Exodus 39:40:3Exod.39.40.W3TAB
הֶחָצֵ֜ר
hekhatser
“the court”
- Transliteration
- he-kha-TSER
- Extended
- heh-khah-TSEHR
- IPA
- /hɛ.ħa.ˈtseːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the court
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-kha-TSER
- phraseyour reading level
ET kal-EI he-kha-TSER
- clause
ET kal-EI he-kha-TSER et-am-mu-DE-ha ve-et-a-da-NE-ha ve-et-ha-ma-SAKH le-SHA-ar he-kha-TSER et-mei-ta-RAV vi-te-do-TE-ha
- sentence
ET kal-EI he-kha-TSER et-am-mu-DE-ha ve-et-a-da-NE-ha ve-et-ha-ma-SAKH le-SHA-ar he-kha-TSER et-mei-ta-RAV vi-te-do-TE-ha ve-ET kol-ke-LEI a-vo-DAT ha-mish-KAN le-O-hel mo-ED
Exegesis
Construct chains such as qalei hekhatsar {קַלְעֵי הֶחָצֵר | qalʿê heḥāṣêr} ‘curtains of the courtyard’ and l’ohel moed {לְאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד | lə-ʾōhel mōʿēd} ‘Tent of Meeting’ establish possession and location.
Prepositional phrases like le-sha'ar hekhatsar {לְשַׁעַר הֶחָצֵר | lə-šaʿar heḥāṣêr} ‘for the gate of the courtyard’ denote functional purpose.
In context — Exodus 39:40
The curtains of the courtyard with its posts and its bases, the screen for the gate of the courtyard with its cords and its pegs, and all the furnishings for the service of the tabernacle for the Tent of Meeting.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:40:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 39:40, so the Hebrew word הֶחָצֵ֜ר (hekhatser) 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.39.40.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.40.W3.S1) and character.