Numbers 16:18:9Num.16.18.W9TAB
קְטֹ֔רֶת
ketoret
“incense”
- Transliteration
- ke-TO-ret
- Extended
- keh-TOH-ret
- IPA
- /qəˈtoːrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- incense
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-TO-ret
- sentence
va-yik-KHU ISH makh-ta-TO va-yit-NU a-lei-HEM ESH va-ya-SI-mu a-lei-HEM ke-TO-ret va-ya-AM-du PE-takh O-hel mo-ED u-mo-SHE ve-a-ha-RON
Exegesis
The repeated preposition aleihem {עֲלֵיהֶם | ʿă-lê-hem} ‘upon them’ links esh {אֵשׁ | ʾēš} ‘fire’ and ketoret {קְטֹרֶת | qe-ṭō-reṯ} ‘incense’ in a merism of cultic elements.
Root and etymology
qof-tet-reshqof-tet-resh
“incense, smoke”
In context — Numbers 16:18
And each man took his censer and put fire upon it, and placed incense upon it, and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 16:18, so the Hebrew word קְטֹ֔רֶת (ketoret) 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.16.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.18.W9.S1) and character.