Leviticus 14:5:4Lev.14.5.W4TAB
אֶת־הַצִּפּ֣וֹר
ethatsipor
“the bird”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-tsip-OR
- Extended
- eht-hah-tsip-OHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt ha.tsiˈpoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the bird
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-tsip-OR
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-tsip-OR ha-eh-KHAT
- clause
ve-tsi-VAH ha-koh-HEN ve-sha-KHAT et-ha-tsip-OR ha-eh-KHAT
- sentence
ve-tsi-VAH ha-koh-HEN ve-sha-KHAT et-ha-tsip-OR ha-eh-KHAT el-keh-lee-KHE-res al-MA-yim kha-YIM
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks hatsippor {הַצִּפּ֣וֹר | ha-ṣîp-pôr} ‘the bird’ as the definite object, with haechat {הָאֶחָ֑ת | hā-ʾe-ḥāṯ} ‘the one’ specifying the chosen bird.
Root and etymology
Roottsadi-pei-resh
“bird”
In context — Leviticus 14:5
Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over an earthenware vessel above living water .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 14:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַצִּפּ֣וֹר (ethatsipor) 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.14.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.5.W4.S1) and character.