Leviticus 23:17:4Lev.23.17.W4TAB
תְּנוּפָ֗ה
tenoofa
“wave offering”
- Transliteration
- te-noo-FA
- Extended
- teh-noo-FAH
- IPA
- /tənuˈfaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- wave offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-noo-FA
- phraseyour reading level
ta-vi-U LE-khem te-noo-FA
- clause
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
- 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 nominal sequence lechem tenufah {לֶ֣חֶם תְּנוּפָ֗ה | leḥem tĕnūpāh} ‘bread as wave offering’ serves as the direct object, with tenufah marking the ritual act of presentation.
Root and etymology
n-w-pnun–waw–pe
“to wave, brandish”
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 23:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 23:17, so the Hebrew word תְּנוּפָ֗ה (tenoofa) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.17.W4.S1) and character.