Numbers 16:40:8Num.16.40.W8TABWLC Numbers 17:5
זָר
zar
“who is not”
- Transliteration
- ZAR
- Extended
- ZAAR
- IPA
- /ˈzaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who is not
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ZAR
- 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}.
Root and etymology
z-rzayin–resh
“foreign, alien”
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 16:40:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 16:40, so the Hebrew word זָר (zar) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.40.W8.S1) and character.