Numbers 16:39:8Num.16.39.W8TABWLC Numbers 17:4
הִקְרִיבוּ
hikrivu
“had offered”
- Transliteration
- hik-RI-vu
- Extended
- hik-REE-voo
- IPA
- /hiqˈriːvu/
Meaning by language
- English
- had offered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hik-RI-vu
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER hik-RI-vu has-se-ru-FIM va-ya-a-SUM tsi-PUY la-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ET makh-TOT han-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER hik-RI-vu has-se-ru-FIM va-ya-a-SUM tsi-PUY la-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
A relative clause with ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ governs hiqrîvû {הִקְרִיבוּ | hiqrîvû} ‘they offered’, specifying ha-sərûp̄îm {הַשְּׂרֻפִים | ha-sərûp̄îm} ‘the burned ones’.
In context — Numbers 16:39
And Eleazar the priest took the bronze firepans that the burned ones had offered, and they were hammered out as an overlay for the altar.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:39:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 16:39, so the Hebrew word הִקְרִיבוּ (hikrivu) 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.16.39.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.39.W8.S1) and character.