Exodus 39:6:6Exod.39.6.W6TAB
זָהָ֑ב
zahav
“gold”
- Transliteration
- za-HAV
- Extended
- zah-HAAV
- IPA
- /zaˈhaːv/
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
mish-be-TSOT za-HAV
- clause
va-ya-a-SU et-av-NEI ha-SHO-ham mu-sa-BOT mish-be-TSOT za-HAV
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU et-av-NEI ha-SHO-ham mu-sa-BOT mish-be-TSOT za-HAV me-fu-ta-KHOT pit-tu-KHEI kho-TAM al-she-MOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Two Pual participles, musabot {מֻסַבֹּת | mu·šab·bōṯ} ‘encircled’ and meputachot {מְפֻתָּחֹת | mə·pu·ṭā·ḥôt} ‘engraved’, govern respective construct complements mishbetsot zahav {מִשְׁבְּצֹת זָהָב | miš·be·ṣōṯ zā·hāv} ‘gold settings’ and pittuchei chotam {פִּתּוּחֵי חוֹתָם | piṭṭū·ḥê ḥō·ṯām} ‘engravings of a seal’.
Root and etymology
ז־ה־ב
“to shine”
In context — Exodus 39:6
And they made the onyx stones encircled in gold settings and engraved them as seal-carvings on the names of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:6:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 39:6, 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.39.6.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.6.W6.S1) and character.