Leviticus 23:10:17Lev.23.10.W17TAB
קְצִירְכֶ֖ם
ketseerkhem
“of your harvest”
- Transliteration
- ke-tseer-KHEM
- Extended
- keh-tseer-KHEHM
- IPA
- /kə.tsiːrˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of your harvest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ke-tseer-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
reh-SHEET ke-tseer-KHEM
- clause
va-ha-VEH-tem et-OH-mer reh-SHEET ke-tseer-KHEM el-ha-ko-HEN
- 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
The directive continues with va-haveetem {וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם | vaʾhăvēttem} ‘and you bring’, marking et-omer {אֶת־עֹ֛מֶר | ʾet-ōmer} ‘sheaf’ followed by the construct reshit ketsirkhem {רֵאשִׁ֥ית קְצִירְכֶ֖ם | rêšît qᵉṣîrkem} ‘firstfruits of your harvest’, emphasizing precedence.
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 23:10:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Leviticus 23:10, so the Hebrew word קְצִירְכֶ֖ם (ketseerkhem) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.10.W17.S1) and character.