Exodus 39:9:8Exod.39.9.W8TAB
וְזֶ֥רֶת
vezeret
“and a span”
- Transliteration
- ve-ZE-ret
- Extended
- veh-ZEH-ret
- IPA
- /və.ˈzɛ.rɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a span
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ZE-ret
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ZE-ret rokh-BO
- clause
ZE-ret or-KO ve-ZE-ret rokh-BO ka-FOOL
- sentence
ra-VOO-a ha-YA ka-FOOL a-SU et-ha-KHO-shen ZE-ret or-KO ve-ZE-ret rokh-BO ka-FOOL
Exegesis
Parallel noun phrases introduced by zeret {זֶ֧רֶת | zēreṯ} ‘span’ with suffixes in orko {אָרְכּ֛וֹ | ʾorkô} and rachbo {רָחְבּ֖וֹ | rāḥbô} specify its length and width.
Root and etymology
z-r-tzayin–resh–tav
“span, handbreadth”
In context — Exodus 39:9
It was square and folded double , and they made the breastpiece . Its length was a span and its width was a span.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 39:9, so the Hebrew word וְזֶ֥רֶת (vezeret) 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.39.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.9.W8.S1) and character.