Leviticus 23:15:1Lev.23.15.W1TAB
וּסְפַרְתֶּ֤ם
usehfartem
“count”
- Transliteration
- u-seh-far-TEM
- Extended
- oo-seh-far-TEM
- IPA
- /u.sə.faɾˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- count
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| 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
u-seh-far-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-seh-far-TEM la-KHEM
- clause
u-seh-far-TEM la-KHEM mih-mah-khoh-RAT ha-sha-BAT mee-YOM ha-VEE-a-KHEM et-O-mer ha-te-NU-FA
- sentence
u-seh-far-TEM la-KHEM mih-mah-khoh-RAT ha-sha-BAT mee-YOM ha-VEE-a-KHEM et-O-mer ha-te-NU-FA SHE-va sha-ba-TOT te-MEE-MOT tih-yei-NA
Exegesis
The command begins with the vav-consecutive usefartem {וּסְפַרְתֶּם | ū-sə-pār-tem} moving the narrative forward, with lakhem {לָכֶם | lā-khem} marking communal responsibility.
Root and etymology
s-p-r
“to count, recount”
In context — Leviticus 23:15
And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath , from the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, seven complete Sabbaths there shall be.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 23:15, so the Hebrew word וּסְפַרְתֶּ֤ם (usehfartem) 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.23.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.15.W1.S1) and character.