Numbers 19:10:3Num.19.10.W3TAB
אֶת־אֵ֤פֶר
etefer
“the ashes”
- Transliteration
- et-E-FER
- Extended
- EET-EH-FER
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.ˈʔeːfɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ashes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-E-FER
- phraseyour reading level
ha-o-SEF et-E-FER ha-pa-RA
- clause
ve-ki-BES ha-o-SEF et-E-FER ha-pa-RA et-be-ga-DAV ve-ta-MEY ad-ha-AH-rev
- sentence
ve-ki-BES ha-o-SEF et-E-FER ha-pa-RA et-be-ga-DAV ve-ta-MEY ad-ha-AH-rev ve-ha-ye-TAH liv-NEY yis-ra-EL ve-la-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM le-khu-KAT o-LAM
Exegesis
The verse begins with vechibes ha'osef et-efer ha-parah et-be-gadav {וְכִבֶּס הָאֹסֵף אֶת־אֵפֶר הַפָּרָה אֶת־בְּגָדָיו | wə-ki-bes hā-'ō-sef 'et-'ê-fer hā-pā-rah 'et bə-ğa-dāw} where the vav consecutive links the piel perfect “and he shall wash” to the participle “the gatherer,” marked by two direct object indicators.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-pe-resh
“ash, residue”
In context — Numbers 19:10
And the one who gathers the ashes of the cow shall wash his garments, and he shall be unclean until the evening. It shall be for the sons of Israel and for the sojourner who sojourns among them as an everlasting statute .
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 19:10, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אֵ֤פֶר (etefer) 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.19.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.10.W3.S1) and character.