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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
le-tsi-TSET
- 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
- 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 context — Numbers 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.