Numbers 19:14:1Num.19.14.W1TAB
זֹ֚את
zot
“This is”
- Transliteration
- ZOT
- Extended
- ZOH-AT
- IPA
- /zoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- This is
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ZOT
- clause
ZOT ha-to-RAH a-DAM ki-ya-MUT be-O-hel
- sentence
ZOT ha-to-RAH a-DAM ki-ya-MUT be-O-hel kol-ha-BA el-ha-O-hel ve-kol-a-SHER ba-O-hel yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with zot {זֹאת | zōṯ} ‘this’ as a demonstrative noun marking a formal declaration, followed by ha-torah {הַתּוֹרָה | hattôrāh} ‘the law’ functioning as the legal subject heading.
In context — Numbers 19:14
This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent, and everyone already in the tent, will be unclean for seven days.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 19:14, so the Hebrew word זֹ֚את (zot) 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.19.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.14.W1.S1) and character.