Numbers 15:6:8Num.15.6.W8TAB
בַשֶּׁ֖מֶן
vashemen
“with oil”
- Transliteration
- va-SHE-men
- Extended
- vah-SHEH-men
- IPA
- /vaˈʃɛmɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- with oil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-SHE-men
- phraseyour reading level
be-lu-LA va-SHE-men
- clause
be-lu-LA va-SHE-men she-li-SHEET ha-HIN
- sentence
OH la-A-yil ta-a-SEH min-KHA SO-let she-NEI e-sro-NIM be-lu-LA va-SHE-men she-li-SHEET ha-HIN
Exegesis
The construct chain minchah solet {מִנְחָה סֹלֶת | minḥāh ṣōleṯ} ‘grain offering of fine flour’ specifies the offering, quantified by the dual construct shnei esronim {שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים | šənê ʿeśrōnîm} ‘two tenths’, followed by the Pual participle belulah {בְּלוּלָ֥ה | bəlulāh} ‘mixed’ and the prepositional phrase baššēmen {בַשֶּׁמֶן | baššēmen} ‘with oil’.
Root and etymology
š-m-nshin–mem–nun
“oil, fat”
In context — Numbers 15:6
Or, for a ram you shall prepare a grain offering of fine flour —two tenths of an ephah—mixed with oil, a third of a hin .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 15:6, so the Hebrew word בַשֶּׁ֖מֶן (vashemen) 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.15.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.6.W8.S1) and character.