Numbers 15:21:1Num.15.21.W1TAB
מֵרֵאשִׁית֙
mehrehehshit
“from the first”
- Transliteration
- meh-reh-EH-shit
- Extended
- meh-reh-ee-SHEET
- IPA
- /me.re.ʔeˈʃiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the first
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
meh-reh-EH-shit
- clause
meh-reh-EH-shit a-ri-so-te-KHEM tit-NU la-ye-ho-VAH te-ru-MAH
- sentence
meh-reh-EH-shit a-ri-so-te-KHEM tit-NU la-ye-ho-VAH te-ru-MAH le-do-ro-te-KHEM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the fronted temporal phrase mereshit arisoteikhem {מֵרֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹתֵיכֶם | mē-re-šît ʿă-rî-sō-te-ykhem} ‘from the first of your doughs,’ setting the obligation’s scope.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-šresh-aleph-shin
“beginning, first”
In context — Numbers 15:21
From the first of your doughs, you shall give an offering to the LORD for your generations.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:21, so the Hebrew word מֵרֵאשִׁית֙ (mehrehehshit) 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.15.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.21.W1.S1) and character.