Leviticus 14:49:5Lev.14.49.W5TAB
צִפֳּרִ֑ים
tsipporeem
“birds”
- Transliteration
- tsip-po-REEM
- Extended
- tsip-poh-REEM
- IPA
- /tsip.pɔ.ˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- birds
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
tsip-po-REEM
- phraseyour reading level
SHTEY tsip-po-REEM
- clause
ve-la-KAKH le-kha-TE et-ha-BA-yit SHTEY tsip-po-REEM
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH le-kha-TE et-ha-BA-yit SHTEY tsip-po-REEM ve-ETS E-rez oo-she-NEE to-LAH-at ve-e-ZOV
Exegesis
The coordinated list šə-tê ṣip-pō-rîm {שְׁתֵּי צִפֳּרִים | šə-tê ṣip-pō-rîm} ‘two birds’, wə-ʿēṣ ʾe-rez {וְעֵץ אֶרֶז | wə-ʿēṣ ʾe-rez} ‘and cedar wood’, wə-šnī tô-lā-ʿāt {וּשְׁנִי תוֹלַעַת | wə-šnī tô-lā-ʿāt} ‘and two scarlet yarn’, and wə-ʾê-zōv {וְאֵזֹב | wə-ʾê-zōב} ‘and hyssop’ employs asyndeton to convey the comprehensive components required for sacred cleansing. The feminine numeral constructs šə-tê and wə-šnī align with their feminine nouns, ensuring grammatical agreement shapes the English rendering.
In context — Leviticus 14:49
He shall take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn , and hyssop to purify the house.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:49:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 14:49, so the Hebrew word צִפֳּרִ֑ים (tsipporeem) 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.14.49.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.49.W5.S1) and character.