Leviticus 15:28:3Lev.15.28.W3TAB

וְסָ֥פְרָה

vehsafrah

“shall count”

Transliteration: veh-saf-RAH
Extended: veh-saf-RAA
IPA: /və.safˈraː/

Meaning by language

English: shall count

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + סָ֥פְ + רָה

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veh + saf + rah

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vehsafrah

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Samekh	s as in sit
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Pe	p with dagesh; f without
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
veh-saf-RAH
phraseyour reading level
veh-saf-RAH LAH
clause
veh-saf-RAH LAH shiv-AT ya-MIM veh-ah-KHAR tit-HAR
sentence
veh-im-ta-ha-RAH miz-zoh-VAH veh-saf-RAH LAH shiv-AT ya-MIM veh-ah-KHAR tit-HAR

Exegesis

The apodosis opens with the vav-consecutive verb vesafrah {וְסָפְרָה | wə-śā-p̄ə-rāh} ‘and she shall count’ plus the dative lah {לָּהּ | lāh} ‘to her’, followed by the numeral construct shiv’at {שִׁבְעַת | ši-ḇaʿ-ṯ} ‘seven of’ and the noun yamim {יָמִים | yā-mîm} ‘days’ to establish the required period.

Root and etymology

s-p-rsamekh-peh-resh

“to count”

In context — Leviticus 15:28

But if she is cleansed from her discharge , then she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 15:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 15:28, so the Hebrew word וְסָ֥פְרָה (vehsafrah) 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.15.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.28.W3.S1) and character.

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