Leviticus 24:2:12Lev.24.2.W12TAB

נֵ֖ר

ner

lamp

Transliteration
NER
Extended
NEHR
IPA
/neːr/

Meaning by language

English
lamp

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    NER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-ha-a-LOT NER

  3. clause

    le-ha-a-LOT NER ta-MEED

  4. sentence

    TSAV ET-be-NEE yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU eh-LE-kha SHE-men ZA-yit ZAKH ka-TIT la-ma-OR le-ha-a-LOT NER ta-MEED

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase lama’or {לַמָּאוֹר | la-mā-’ôr} ‘for the light’ indicates purpose, followed by the Hiphil infinitive construct leha’alot {לְהַעֲלֹת | lə-ha-‘a-lōt} ‘to cause to go up’ governing ner {נֵר | nēr} ‘lamp’.

Root and etymology

n-rnun-resh

lampstand, to shine

In contextLeviticus 24:2

Command the sons of Israel to bring you pure olive oil that has been beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 24:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 24:2, so the Hebrew word נֵ֖ר (ner) 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.24.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.2.W12.S1) and character.