Numbers 11:21:12Num.11.21.W12TAB
בָּשָׂר֙
basar
“meat”
- Transliteration
- ba-SAR
- Extended
- baa-SAR
- IPA
- /baˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- meat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-SAR
- clause
ve-a-TA a-MAR-ta ba-SAR e-TEN la-HEM ve-akh-LU KHO-desh ya-MIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer mo-SHEH shesh-ME-ot E-lef rag-LI ha-AM a-SHER a-no-KHI be-kir-BO ve-a-TA a-MAR-ta ba-SAR e-TEN la-HEM ve-akh-LU KHO-desh ya-MIM
Exegesis
The verb etten {אֶתֵּן | ʾet-tēn} introduces divine promise with basar {בָּשָׂר | bā-sār} as object, and ve-akhelu {וְאָכְלוּ | wə-ʾā-khə-lū} yields the resulting action.
Root and etymology
Rootbet-shin-resh
“flesh, meat”
In context — Numbers 11:21
And Moses said, “Six hundred thousand on foot are the people among whom I stand, and You have said, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a whole month.’”
About this coordinate
Numbers 11:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 11:21, so the Hebrew word בָּשָׂר֙ (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.11.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.11.21.W12.S1) and character.