Numbers 15:38:8Num.15.38.W8TAB
צִיצִ֛ת
tsitset
“tassels”
- Transliteration
- tsi-TSET
- Extended
- tsee-TSET
- IPA
- /tsiˈtset/
Meaning by language
- English
- tassels
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsi-TSET
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET al-kan-FEI big-dei-HEM le-do-ro-TAM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET al-kan-FEI big-dei-HEM le-do-ro-TAM ve-nat-NU al-tsi-TSET ha-ka-NAF pe-TIL te-KHE-let
Exegesis
The directive begins with veasu {וְעָשׂ֨וּ | wə-ʿā-sû} ‘and they shall make’, taking tsitit {צִיצִ֛ת | tsit-tsīt} ‘tassel’ as its object.
Root and etymology
צ-צ-צtsade-tsade-tsade
“tassel, fringe”
In context — Numbers 15:38
Speak to the sons of Israel and you shall say: They shall make for themselves a tassel on the corners of their garments throughout their generations and they shall put upon the tassel of the corner a cord of blue.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:38:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 15:38, so the Hebrew word צִיצִ֛ת (tsitset) 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.15.38.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.38.W8.S1) and character.