Numbers 15:20:5Num.15.20.W5TAB
תְרוּמָ֑ה
terumah
“an offering”
- Transliteration
- te-ru-MAH
- Extended
- teh-roo-MAA
- IPA
- /tɛ.ʁuˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- an offering
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
te-ru-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
ta-ri-MU te-ru-MAH
- clause
re-shIT a-ri-so-te-KHEM kha-LAH ta-ri-MU te-ru-MAH
- sentence
re-shIT a-ri-so-te-KHEM kha-LAH ta-ri-MU te-ru-MAH kit-ru-MAT GO-ren KEN ta-ri-MU o-TAH
Exegesis
Terumah {תְרוּמָ֑ה | tə-rûmâh} ‘offering’ is the technical cultic term, and kitrumat {כִּתְרוּמַ֣ת | kittərûmaṯ} ‘as-offering’ uses kaph to draw an analogy to the threshing floor goren {גֹּרֶן | gôren} ‘threshing floor’.
Root and etymology
resh-vav-memresh vav mem
“to lift, raise”
In context — Numbers 15:20
From the first of your dough, a loaf you shall lift up as an offering ; as offering from the threshing floor , so you shall lift it up.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 15:20, so the Hebrew word תְרוּמָ֑ה (terumah) 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.15.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.20.W5.S1) and character.