Numbers 15:32:7Num.15.32.W7TAB
עֵצִ֖ים
etsim
“sticks”
- Transliteration
- e-TSIM
- Extended
- eh-TSEEM
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈtsim/
Meaning by language
- English
- sticks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-TSIM
- phraseyour reading level
me-ko-SHESH e-TSIM
- clause
va-yim-tse-U ISH me-ko-SHESH e-TSIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT
- sentence
va-yi-HYU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR va-yim-tse-U ISH me-ko-SHESH e-TSIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT
Exegesis
A new action is introduced by the vav-consecutive wayimṣəʾû {וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ | wayimṣəʾû} ‘and they found’, with the participle məqōšēš {מְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ | məqōšēš} ‘gathering’ modifying the object ʿēṣîm {עֵצִ֖ים | ʿēṣîm} ‘wood’.
In context — Numbers 15:32
And the sons of Israel were in the wilderness , and they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 15:32, so the Hebrew word עֵצִ֖ים (etsim) 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.15.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.32.W7.S1) and character.