Leviticus 23:10:12Lev.23.10.W12TAB
וּקְצַרְתֶּ֖ם
ooketsartehm
“reap”
- Transliteration
- oo-ke-tsar-TEHM
- Extended
- oo-keh-tsahr-TEHM
- IPA
- /u.kətsarˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- reap
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-ke-tsar-TEHM
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEE yis-ra-EHL ve-a-mar-TAA ah-le-HEM ki-ta-VO-oo el-ha-A-rets a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM oo-ke-tsar-TEHM et-ke-tseer-RAH
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEE yis-ra-EHL ve-a-mar-TAA ah-le-HEM ki-ta-VO-oo el-ha-A-rets a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM oo-ke-tsar-TEHM et-ke-tseer-RAH va-ha-VEH-tem et-OH-mer reh-SHEET ke-tseer-KHEM el-ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
A temporal clause introduced by kitavo’u {כִּֽי־תָבֹ֣אוּ | kî-tāwōʾū} ‘when you enter’ links to u-ketsartem {וּקְצַרְתֶּ֖ם | ûqeṣartem} ‘and you reap’, indicating completed action.
Root and etymology
q-ṣ-rqof-tsade-resh
“to reap, harvest”
In context — Leviticus 23:10
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, “When you enter the land which I am giving to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 23:10, so the Hebrew word וּקְצַרְתֶּ֖ם (ooketsartehm) 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.23.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.10.W12.S1) and character.