Numbers 16:37:8Num.16.37.W8TABWLC Numbers 17:2

הַשְּׂרֵפָ֛ה

hasserefa

the burning

Transliteration
has-se-re-FA
Extended
has-seh-reh-FAH
IPA
/has.səreˈfaː/

Meaning by language

English
the burning

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַש + שְּׂ + רֵ + פָ֛ה
has + se + re + fa
hasserefa

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    has-se-re-FA

  2. clause

    mi-BEN has-se-re-FA ve-ET-ha-ESH ze-re-HAH hal-AH

  3. sentence

    e-MOR el-el-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN ve-ho-TSE et-ham-makh-TOT mi-BEN has-se-re-FA ve-ET-ha-ESH ze-re-HAH hal-AH KI kad-SHU U

Root and etymology

Roots-r-p-h

to burn, consume by fire

In contextNumbers 16:37

Say to Eleazar, son of Aaron, the priest , that he should take up the censers from among the burning and scatter the fire away yonder, for they have become holy .

About this coordinate

Numbers 16:37:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 16:37, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׂרֵפָ֛ה (hasserefa) 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.16.37.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.37.W8.S1) and character.