Numbers 11:13:3Num.11.13.W3TAB

בָּשָׂ֔ר

basar

meat

Transliteration
ba-SAR
Extended
baa-SAAR
IPA
/baːˈsaːr/

Meaning by language

English
meat

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Result
בָּ + שָׂ֔ר
ba + sar
basar

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-SAR

  2. clause

    mei-A-yin li ba-SAR la-TET le-KHOL-ha-AM ha-ZEH

  3. sentence

    mei-A-yin li ba-SAR la-TET le-KHOL-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-yiv-KU a-LAI le-MOR te-NA-la-NU ba-SAR ve-no-KHE-la

Exegesis

The noun basar {בָּשָׂ֔ר | bā-sār} ‘meat’ in the singular absolute denotes tangible provision.

Root and etymology

ב־ש־רb-s-r

flesh, meat

In contextNumbers 11:13

From where can I get meat to give to all these people? For they are weeping over me, saying, “Give us meat and we will eat.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 11:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 11:13, so the Hebrew word בָּשָׂ֔ר (basar) 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.11.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.11.13.W3.S1) and character.