Numbers 13:20:15Num.13.20.W15TAB
בִּכּוּרֵ֥י
bikurei
“the firstfruits of”
- Transliteration
- bi-ku-REI
- Extended
- bih-koo-REI
- IPA
- /bikkuˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the firstfruits of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
bi-ku-REI
- phraseyour reading level
bi-ku-REI a-na-VIM
- clause
ve-ha-ya-MIM ye-MEI bi-ku-REI a-na-VIM
- sentence
u-MAH ha-A-retz hash-me-NAH hi-U im-ra-ZAH ha-YESH-BAH ETS im-AIN ve-hit-khaz-AK-tem u-le-kakh-TEM mi-PRI ha-A-retz ve-ha-ya-MIM ye-MEI bi-ku-REI a-na-VIM
Exegesis
Finally, the temporal clause ve-ha-yamim yemei bikurei anavim {וְהַיָּמִים יְמֵי בִּכּוּרֵי עֲנָבִים | və-hā-ya-mîm yə-mē bik-ū-rê ʿa-nā-vîm} situates the action “in the days of the grapes’ firstfruits,” using a construct chain to link days, firstfruits, and grapes in successive genitive relationships.
Root and etymology
RootBet, Kaf, Resh
“first, early”
In context — Numbers 13:20
And what about the land— is it fertile or lean ? Is there a tree within it or not? And you must strengthen yourselves and bring back some of the fruit of the land. Now the days were the days of the firstfruits of grapes.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 13:20, so the Hebrew word בִּכּוּרֵ֥י (bikurei) 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.13.20.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.20.W15.S1) and character.