Leviticus 14:6:16Lev.14.6.W16TAB

הַצִּפֹּ֣ר

hatsipor

the bird

Transliteration
ha-tsi-POR
Extended
hah-tsi-POHR
IPA
/ha.tsiˈpoːr/

Meaning by language

English
the bird

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + צִּ + פֹּ֣ר
ha + tsi + por
hatsipor

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Pep with dagesh; f without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-tsi-POR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-tsi-POR hash-khoo-TAH

  3. clause

    ve-ta-VAL o-TAM ve-ET ha-tsi-POR ha-khai-YA be-DAM ha-tsi-POR hash-khoo-TAH al ha-MAI-yim ha-khai-YIM

  4. sentence

    et-ha-tsi-POR ha-khai-YA yik-KAKH o-TAH ve-et-ETS ha-E-rez ve-et-she-NEE ha-to-la-AT ve-ET-ha-e-ZOV ve-ta-VAL o-TAM ve-ET ha-tsi-POR ha-khai-YA be-DAM ha-tsi-POR hash-khoo-TAH al ha-MAI-yim ha-khai-YIM

Exegesis

Each noun in the list is reintroduced by the conjunction wǝ-ʾeṯ {וְאֶת | wǝ-ʾeṯ} ‘and’ plus the direct-object marker (ha-ṣippōr {הַצִּפֹּר | ha-ṣippōr} ‘the bird’, ʿēṣ hā-ʾerez {עֵץ הָאֶרֶז | ʿēṣ hā-ʾerez} ‘the cedar wood’, šənî hā-tōlāʿāṯ {שְׁנִי הַתּוֹלַעַת | šənî hā-tōlāʿāṯ} ‘two of the scarlet’, hā-ʾēzōḇ {הָאֵזֹב | hā-ʾēzōḇ} ‘the hyssop’).

In contextLeviticus 14:6

He shall take the living bird along with the cedar wood, the scarlet, and the hyssop , and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the living water.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 14:6:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Leviticus 14:6, so the Hebrew word הַצִּפֹּ֣ר (hatsipor) 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.14.6.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.6.W16.S1) and character.