Numbers 15:5:9Num.15.5.W9TAB
לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂ
lakeves
“for the lamb”
- Transliteration
- la-KE-ves
- Extended
- lah-KEH-ves
- IPA
- /lakˈkeves/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the lamb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-KE-ves
- clause
la-KE-ves ha-e-KHAD
- 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 final la-keves haʾeḥad {לַכֶּבֶשׂ הָאֶחָד | la·ke·veś hā·ʾe·ḥāḏ} ‘for one lamb’ clarifies singular distribution. The English version reorders prepositional elements for readability while retaining the precise sequence of Hebrew ritual directives.
Root and etymology
k-b-škaf-bet-shin
“lamb”
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 15:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 15:5, so the Hebrew word לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂ (lakeves) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.5.W9.S1) and character.