Numbers 18:8:9Num.18.8.W9TAB
תְּרוּמֹתָ֑י
terumotai
“my offerings”
- Transliteration
- te-ru-mo-TAI
- Extended
- teh-roo-moh-TAI
- IPA
- /tərumoˈtaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my offerings
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
te-ru-mo-TAI
- clause
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-a-ha-RON va-a-NI hi-NEH na-ta-TI le-KHA et-mish-ME-ret te-ru-mo-TAI
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-a-ha-RON va-a-NI hi-NEH na-ta-TI le-KHA et-mish-ME-ret te-ru-mo-TAI le-KHOL-kad-SHEI bnei-yis-ra-EL le-KHA ne-ta-TIM le-mash-KHA ul-va-NE-kha le-KHAK-o-LAM
Exegesis
Aaron’s charge is indicated by the direct-object marker et mishmeret {אֶת־מִשְׁמֶرֶת | ʼet miš-me-reṯ}, specifying mishmeret ‘responsibility,’ with terumotai {תְּרוּמֹתָ֑י | tərû-mō-tā-î} ‘my offerings’ defining its object.
Root and etymology
ר־ו־םr-w-m
“to lift up”
In context — Numbers 18:8
And the LORD spoke to Aaron, “And I—behold—I have given to you the responsibility over My offerings, for all the holy things of the sons of Israel; to you I have given them as your portion and to your sons as an everlasting statute.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 18:8, so the Hebrew word תְּרוּמֹתָ֑י (terumotai) 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.18.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.8.W9.S1) and character.