Leviticus 14:4:5Lev.14.4.W5TAB
שְׁתֵּֽי־צִפֳּרִ֥ים
shteetsipporim
“two birds”
- Transliteration
- shtee-tsip-po-RIM
- Extended
- shtee-tsip-POH-REEM
- IPA
- /ʃteː.tsip.pɔˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- two birds
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shtee-tsip-po-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
shtee-tsip-po-RIM khai-YOT
- clause
veh-tsi-VA ha-ko-HEN veh-lah-KAKH la-mi-ta-HER shtee-tsip-po-RIM khai-YOT te-ho-ROT
- sentence
veh-tsi-VA ha-ko-HEN veh-lah-KAKH la-mi-ta-HER shtee-tsip-po-RIM khai-YOT te-ho-ROT veh-ETS EH-rez oo-she-NEE to-LA-at veh-EH-ZOV
In context — Leviticus 14:4
Then the priest shall command that two living clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet thread, and hyssop be taken for the one being cleansed.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 14:4, so the Hebrew word שְׁתֵּֽי־צִפֳּרִ֥ים (shteetsipporim) 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 Lev.14.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.4.W5.S1) and character.