Numbers 15:10:3Num.15.10.W3TAB
לַנֶּ֖סֶךְ
lanesekh
“for the libation”
- Transliteration
- la-NE-sekh
- Extended
- lah-NEH-sehkh
- IPA
- /lanˈnesɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the libation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
la-NE-sekh
- phraseyour reading level
tak-RIV la-NE-sekh
- clause
ve-YA-yin tak-RIV la-NE-sekh kha-TSI ha-HIN
- sentence
ve-YA-yin tak-RIV la-NE-sekh kha-TSI ha-HIN ish-SHEH RE-akh-ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The purpose phrase la-nesekh {לַנֶּסֶךְ | la-nə-sêḵ} ‘libation’ is quantified by chatzi {חֲצִי | ḥă-ṣî} ‘half’ and ha-hin {הַהִין | ha-hîn} ‘hin,’ forming a numeric construct that specifies the measure.
Root and etymology
n-s-knun-samekh-kaf
“libation”
In context — Numbers 15:10
And you shall bring wine for the libation—half a hin—as a fire offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 15:10, so the Hebrew word לַנֶּ֖סֶךְ (lanesekh) 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.15.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.10.W3.S1) and character.