Numbers 16:40:13Num.16.40.W13TABWLC Numbers 17:5
לְהַקְטִיר
lehaktir
“to burn incense”
- Transliteration
- le-hak-TIR
- Extended
- leh-hak-TEER
- IPA
- /ləhaqˈtiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to burn incense
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-hak-TIR
- sentence
zik-ka-RON liv-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MA-an a-SHER lo-yik-RAV ISH ZAR a-SHER lo-miz-ZE-ra a-ha-RON HU le-hak-TIR ke-to-RET lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ve-lo-yih-YE ke-KO-rakh ve-ka-a-da-TO ka-a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-Mo-sheh LO
Exegesis
The construct mizera {מִזֶּרַע | miz-rāʿ} ‘from the seed’ of Aaron specifies lineage, and the Hiphil infinitive lehaqtir ketoret {לְהַקְטִיר קְטֹרֶת | lə-hak-tîr qə-ṭō-ret} ‘to offer incense’ defines the restricted cultic act before the divine, lifnei YHWH {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | lif-nei Yə-hō-wāh}.
In context — Numbers 16:40
As a memorial for the sons of Israel, so that no outsider who is not of Aaron’s seed may approach to offer incense before the LORD and thus become like Korah and his assembly, as the LORD said by the hand of Moses.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:40:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 16:40, so the Hebrew word לְהַקְטִיר (lehaktir) 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.16.40.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.40.W13.S1) and character.