Numbers 15:11:3Num.15.11.W3TAB
לַשּׁוֹר֙
lashor
“for the bull”
- Transliteration
- la-SHOR
- Extended
- lah-SHOHR
- IPA
- /laˈʃoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the bull
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-SHOR
- clause
ka-KHA ye-a-SE la-SHOR ha-e-KHAD OH la-A-YIL ha-e-KHAD
- sentence
ka-KHA ye-a-SE la-SHOR ha-e-KHAD OH la-A-YIL ha-e-KHAD oh-la-SEH ba-ke-va-SIM OH ba-i-ZIM
Exegesis
The distributive cardinal ha-echad {הָֽאֶחָ֔ד | hā-ʾe-ḥāḏ} ‘each’ attaches to successive prepositional phrases la-shor {לַשּׁוֹר֙ | la-šôr} ‘for the bull’, la-ayil {לָאַ֣יִל | lā-ʾā-yil} ‘for the ram’, and la-seh {לַשֶּׂה | lā-śeh} ‘for the lamb’, emphasizing individual applicability.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–vav–resh
“bull, ox”
In context — Numbers 15:11
Thus it shall be done for each bull or for each ram or for the lamb among the lambs or among the goats.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 15:11, so the Hebrew word לַשּׁוֹר֙ (lashor) 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.15.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.11.W3.S1) and character.