Leviticus 14:50:2Lev.14.50.W2TAB
אֶת־הַצִּפֹּ֣ר
ethatsipor
“the bird”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-tsi-POR
- Extended
- eht-hah-tsih-POHR
- IPA
- /ʔet.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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-tsi-POR
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-tsi-POR ha-eh-KHAT
- clause
ve-sha-KHAT et-ha-tsi-POR ha-eh-KHAT
- sentence
ve-sha-KHAT et-ha-tsi-POR ha-eh-KHAT ehl-keh-lee-KHEH-res al-MA-yim kha-YEEM
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks the direct object hatsippor {הַצִּפֹּ֣ר | ha-ṣip-pōr}, further specified by the ordinal haechat {הָאֶחָ֑ת | hā-ʾe-ḥat} ‘the one’.
In context — Leviticus 14:50
And he shall slaughter the one bird into a clay vessel placed over living water.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:50:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 14:50, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַצִּפֹּ֣ר (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.14.50.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.50.W2.S1) and character.