Numbers 18:1:14Num.18.1.W14TAB
תִּשְׂא֖וּ
tisu
“you shall bear”
- Transliteration
- tis-U
- Extended
- tis-OO
- IPA
- /tisˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall bear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
tis-U
- clause
ve-a-TA u-va-NE-kha it-TAKH tis-U et-a-VON ke-hu-NAT-khem
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-a-ha-RON a-TA u-va-NE-kha u-VEIT-a-VI-kha it-TAKH tis-U et-a-VON ha-mik-DASH ve-a-TA u-va-NE-kha it-TAKH tis-U et-a-VON ke-hu-NAT-khem
Exegesis
The verb tissaʾû {תִּשְׂא֖וּ | tissaʾû} ‘you will bear’ repeats in parallel clauses for emphasis.
In context — Numbers 18:1
And the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house with you will bear the guilt of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you will bear the guilt of your priesthood.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 18:1, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׂא֖וּ (tisu) 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.18.1.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.1.W14.S1) and character.