Numbers 18:17:4Num.18.17.W4TAB

כֶּ֜שֶׂב

kesev

of a sheep

Transliteration
KE-sev
Extended
KEH-sehv
IPA
/ˈkɛsɛv/

Meaning by language

English
of a sheep

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Result
כֶּ֜ + שֶׂב
ke + sev
kesev

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    KE-sev

  2. phraseyour reading level

    o-ve-KHOR KE-sev

  3. clause

    AKH be-KHOR-SHOR o-ve-KHOR KE-sev o-ve-KHOR EZ LO tif-DE KO-desh HEM

  4. sentence

    AKH be-KHOR-SHOR o-ve-KHOR KE-sev o-ve-KHOR EZ LO tif-DE KO-desh HEM et-da-MAM tiz-ROK al-ham-miz-BE-akh ve-ET-khel-BAM tak-TIR ish-SHEH le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

Three coordinated construct phrases—b’khor-shor {בְּכוֹר־שׁוֹר | bə-khôr-šôr}, b’khor-kesev {בְּכוֹר כֶּשֶׂב | bə-khôr ke-sev}, b’khor-ʿez {בְּכוֹר עֵז | bə-khôr ʿēz}—specify the firstborn of each animal.

In contextNumbers 18:17

However, the firstborn of an ox, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering by fire for a pleasing aroma to the LORD .

About this coordinate

Numbers 18:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 18:17, so the Hebrew word כֶּ֜שֶׂב (kesev) 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.18.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.17.W4.S1) and character.