Numbers 15:5:2Num.15.5.W2TAB
לַנֶּ֙סֶךְ֙
lanesekh
“for the libation”
- Transliteration
- la-NE-sekh
- Extended
- lah-NEH-sekh
- IPA
- /lanˈnesɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the libation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-NE-sekh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-YA-yin la-NE-sekh
- clause
ve-YA-yin la-NE-sekh re-vi-IT ha-HIN ta-a-SEH al-ha-o-LAH OH la-ZA-vakh
- sentence
ve-YA-yin la-NE-sekh re-vi-IT ha-HIN ta-a-SEH al-ha-o-LAH OH la-ZA-vakh la-KE-ves ha-e-KHAD
Exegesis
The prepositional lanesekh {לַנֶּסֶךְ | la·nē·seḵ} ‘drink offering’ defines the ritual type.
Root and etymology
n-s-knun-samekh-kaf
“libation”
In context — Numbers 15:5
And you shall make for the drink offering a quarter of a hin of wine with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice for each lamb .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 15:5, so the Hebrew word לַנֶּ֙סֶךְ֙ (lanesekh) 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.15.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.5.W2.S1) and character.