Numbers 14:34:1Num.14.34.W1TAB
בְּמִסְפַּ֨ר
bemispar
“by the number”
- Transliteration
- be-mis-PAR
- Extended
- beh-mis-PAHR
- IPA
- /bəmisˈpaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the number
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-mis-PAR
- phraseyour reading level
be-mis-PAR ha-ya-MIM
- clause
be-mis-PAR ha-ya-MIM a-sher-TAR-tem et-ha-A-retz ar-ba-IM YOM YOM la-sha-NA YOM la-sha-NA tis-U et-a-vo-no-TEI-khem ar-ba-IM sha-NA
- sentence
be-mis-PAR ha-ya-MIM a-sher-TAR-tem et-ha-A-retz ar-ba-IM YOM YOM la-sha-NA YOM la-sha-NA tis-U et-a-vo-no-TEI-khem ar-ba-IM sha-NA vi-dat-TEM et-te-nu-a-TI
Exegesis
The temporal clause bimispar hayamim {בְּמִסְּפָר הַיָּמִים | bə-mis-par ha-ya-mim} ‘by the number of the days’ establishes the proportional punishment principle.
Root and etymology
s-p-rsame
“to count”
In context — Numbers 14:34
By the number of the days that you explored the land—forty days, a day for a year, a day for a year—you will bear your iniquities for forty years, and you shall know my opposition .
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:34, so the Hebrew word בְּמִסְפַּ֨ר (bemispar) 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.14.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.34.W1.S1) and character.