Numbers 15:29:7Num.15.29.W7TAB
תּוֹרָ֤ה
torah
“a law”
- Transliteration
- to-RAH
- Extended
- toh-RAAH
- IPA
- /toːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a law
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-RAH
- phraseyour reading level
to-RAH a-KHAT
- clause
to-RAH a-KHAT yih-YEH la-KHEM la-o-SEH bish-ga-GAH
- 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 noun phrase torah akhat {תּוֹרָה אַחַת | tô-rāh ʾăḥat} ‘one law’ pairs a noun and a cardinal to define the principle of legal uniformity.
Root and etymology
י־ר־ה
“to instruct”
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 15:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 15:29, so the Hebrew word תּוֹרָ֤ה (torah) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.29.W7.S1) and character.