Numbers 1:2:1Num.1.2.W1TAB
שְׂא֗וּ
seu
“Lift up”
- Transliteration
- se-U
- Extended
- seh-OO
- IPA
- /ʃəˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lift up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
se-U
- clause
se-U ET-ROSH KOL-A-daht be-NEI-yis-ra-EL le-mish-pe-KHO-tam le-VEIT a-vo-TAM
- sentence
se-U ET-ROSH KOL-A-daht be-NEI-yis-ra-EL le-mish-pe-KHO-tam le-VEIT a-vo-TAM be-mis-PAR she-MOT KOL-za-KHAR le-gul-ge-lo-TAM
Exegesis
The imperative seu {שְׂא֗וּ | səʾū} ‘lift’ functions as an administrative idiom for census-taking, with the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marking rosh {רֹאשׁ֙ | rōʾš} ‘head’ as the syntactic object.
Root and etymology
“to lift, carry, bear”
In context — Numbers 1:2
Lift up the head of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, every male, individually by their heads .
About this coordinate
Numbers 1:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 1:2, so the Hebrew word שְׂא֗וּ (seu) 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 Num.1.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.1.2.W1.S1) and character.