Numbers 16:7:2Num.16.7.W2TAB
וְשִׂימוּ־עָלֵיהֶן קְטֹ֣רֶת
vesimualehen ketoret
“and put incense on them”
- Transliteration
- ve-SI-mu-a-LE-hen ke-TO-ret
- Extended
- veh-SEE-moo-a-leh-HEN keh-TOH-ret
- IPA
- /vəˈsiːmu.aˈleːhɛn qəˈtoːrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and put incense on them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SI-mu-a-LE-hen ke-TO-ret
- sentence
u-te-NU-va-HEN ESH ve-SI-mu-a-LE-hen ke-TO-ret lif-NEI ye-ho-VAH ma-KHAR ve-ha-YA ha-ISH a-SHER-yiv-KHAR ye-ho-VAH HU ha-ka-DOSH RAV-la-KHEM be-NEI-LE-vi
Exegesis
The verse opens with the paired commands ut’nu {וּתְנ֣וּ | ū-tə-nû} ‘and put’ and vesimu {וְשִׂימוּ֩ | wə-sî-mû} ‘and set’, marking ritual actions.
Fire (esh {אֵ֡שׁ | ʾêš}) is placed in the pans (behem {בָהֵ֣ן | ba-hên}) and incense (ketoret {קְטֹ֜רֶת | qə-ṭō-ret}) upon them (aleihen {עֲלֵיהֶ֨ן | ʿa-lê-hen}), while lifnei {לִפְנֵ֤י | li-pə-nê} ‘before’ frames the act at the divine presence YHWH {יְהוָה֙ | Yə-hō-wāh}.
Root and etymology
ק־ט־ר
“incense”
In context — Numbers 16:7
You shall place fire in them and set incense upon them before the LORD tomorrow, and the man whom the LORD chooses shall be holy . It is too much for you, sons of Levi.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 16:7, so the Hebrew word וְשִׂימוּ־עָלֵיהֶן קְטֹ֣רֶת (vesimualehen ketoret) 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.16.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.7.W2.S1) and character.