Leviticus 23:16:5Lev.23.16.W5TAB
תִּסְפְּר֖וּ
tihsperu
“count”
- Transliteration
- tihs-pe-RU
- Extended
- tihs-peh-ROO
- IPA
- /tis.pəˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- count
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tihs-pe-RU
- clause
AD mim-MOH-kho-RAT ha-sha-BAT ha-she-vee-EET tihs-pe-RU kha-mih-SHEEM YOM
- sentence
AD mim-MOH-kho-RAT ha-sha-BAT ha-she-vee-EET tihs-pe-RU kha-mih-SHEEM YOM veh-hik-rav-TEM min-KHA kha-da-SHA la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verb tisperu {תִּסְפְּרוּ | ṯisperû} ‘you shall count’ takes the direct object chamishim yom {חֲמִשִּׁים יוֹם | ḥammîšîm yôm} ‘fifty days’, conveying a durative obligation.
Root and etymology
s-p-r
“to count, recount”
In context — Leviticus 23:16
Until the day after the seventh Sabbath, you shall count fifty days; then you shall present a new offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 23:16, so the Hebrew word תִּסְפְּר֖וּ (tihsperu) 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.23.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.16.W5.S1) and character.