Leviticus 23:17:12Lev.23.17.W12TAB
בִּכּוּרִ֖ים
bihkooreem
“firstfruits”
- Transliteration
- bih-KOO-REEM
- Extended
- bih-KOO-REEM
- IPA
- /bik.kuˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- firstfruits
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bih-KOO-REEM
- clause
bih-KOO-REEM la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
mih-mosh-vo-TEE-khem ta-vi-U LE-khem te-noo-FA she-TAI-yim SHNEH ehs-ro-NEEM SO-let tih-YEE-NAH kha-METS teh-a-FEH-nah bih-KOO-REEM la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The clause concludes with bikkūrîm la-YHWH {בִּכּוּרִים לַיהוָֽה | bikkūrîm la-YHWH} ‘firstfruits to the LORD,’ indicating dedication and recipient.
Root and etymology
b-k-rbet–kaph–resh
“first, earliest”
In context — Leviticus 23:17
From your dwellings you shall bring two loaves of fine flour as a wave offering of two tenths; they shall be leavened and baked as firstfruits to the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 23:17, so the Hebrew word בִּכּוּרִ֖ים (bihkooreem) 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.23.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.17.W12.S1) and character.