Numbers 15:4:2Num.15.4.W2TAB
הַמַּקְרִ֥יב
hamakriv
“the one bringing”
- Transliteration
- ha-mak-RIV
- Extended
- hah-mak-REEV
- IPA
- /hammaqˈriv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one bringing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ha-mak-RIV
- phraseyour reading level
ha-mak-RIV kor-ba-NO
- clause
ve-hik-RIV ha-mak-RIV kor-ba-NO la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-hik-RIV ha-mak-RIV kor-ba-NO la-ye-ho-VAH min-KHA SO-let i-sa-RON ba-LUL bir-vi-IT ha-HIN SHA-men
Exegesis
The causative verb vehikriv {וְהִקְרִ֛יב | vә-ḥik-rîḇ} initiates the ritual action, immediately followed by the definite participle hamakriv {הַמַּקְרִ֥יב | ham-mak-rîḇ} as the subject.
In context — Numbers 15:4
The one who brings near shall present his offering to the LORD as a grain offering of the finest flour—a tenth of an ephah—mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 15:4, so the Hebrew word הַמַּקְרִ֥יב (hamakriv) 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.15.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.4.W2.S1) and character.