Numbers 19:14:2Num.19.14.W2TAB
הַתּוֹרָ֔ה
hatorah
“the law”
- Transliteration
- ha-to-RAH
- Extended
- hah-toh-RAA
- IPA
- /hattoˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the law
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-to-RAH
- 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.
Root and etymology
Rootyod-resh-heh
“instruction”
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 19:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 19:14, so the Hebrew word הַתּוֹרָ֔ה (hatorah) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.14.W2.S1) and character.