Numbers 15:29:1Num.15.29.W1TAB
הָֽאֶזְרָח֙
haezrakh
“the native”
- Transliteration
- ha-ez-RAKH
- Extended
- haa-ez-RAKH
- IPA
- /haː.ʔɛzˈraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the native
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ez-RAKH
- clause
ha-ez-RAKH biv-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-la-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM
- sentence
ha-ez-RAKH biv-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-la-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM to-RAH a-KHAT yih-YEH la-KHEM la-o-SEH bish-ga-GAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with ha-ezrach {הָֽאֶזְרָח֙ | hâʾĕzrāḥ} ‘the native-born’, followed by the prepositional phrase bivnei Yisrael {בִּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | bivnê yisrāʾēl} ‘among the children of Israel’, specifying natural-born status.
Root and etymology
ז־ר־ח
“to sprout”
In context — Numbers 15:29
The native-born among the children of Israel and the foreigner who sojourns among them shall have one law for whoever acts unintentionally.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:29, so the Hebrew word הָֽאֶזְרָח֙ (haezrakh) 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.15.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.29.W1.S1) and character.