Numbers 15:39:3Num.15.39.W3TAB

לְצִיצִת֒

letsitset

as a tassel

Transliteration
le-tsi-TSET
Extended
leh-tsi-tseet
IPA
/lətsiˈtsit/

Meaning by language

English
as a tassel

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Result
לְ + צִי + צִת֒
le + tsi + tset
letsitset

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-tsi-TSET

  2. clause

    ve-ha-YA la-KHEM le-tsi-TSET u-re-i-TEM o-TO uz-khar-TEM et-KOL-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH va-a-si-TEM o-TAM

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-YA la-KHEM le-tsi-TSET u-re-i-TEM o-TO uz-khar-TEM et-KOL-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH va-a-si-TEM o-TAM ve-LO-ta-TU-ru a-kha-REI le-vav-KHEM ve-a-kha-REI ei-NEI-khem a-SHER-a-TEM zo-NIM a-kha-REI-hem

Exegesis

The construct le-tsitsit {לְצִיצִת | lə-ṣî-ṣit} ‘for a tassel’ highlights tzitzit as a tangible reminder.

Root and etymology

RootTsadi–Tsadi–Tav

tassel, fringe

In contextNumbers 15:39

And it shall be to you for tassels, so that you will look at them and remember all the commandments of the LORD , and you will do them and not follow after your hearts and after your eyes, which lead you astray.

About this coordinate

Numbers 15:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 15:39, so the Hebrew word לְצִיצִת֒ (letsitset) 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.15.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.39.W3.S1) and character.