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
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
has-se-re-FA
- clause
mi-BEN has-se-re-FA ve-ET-ha-ESH ze-re-HAH hal-AH
- 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 context — Numbers 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.