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

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Result
לַ + כֶּ֖ + בֶשׂ
la + ke + ves
lakeves

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-KE-ves

  2. clause

    la-KE-ves ha-e-KHAD

  3. 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 contextNumbers 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.