Numbers 19:15:5Num.19.15.W5TAB
אֵין־צָמִ֥יד
eintsamid
“there is no cover”
- Transliteration
- EIN-tsa-MID
- Extended
- EEN-tsaa-MEED
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːn.tṣaˈmiːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- there is no cover
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
EIN-tsa-MID
- phraseyour reading level
EIN-tsa-MID pa-TIL
- clause
ve-KOL ke-LEE fa-TU-akh a-SHER EIN-tsa-MID pa-TIL a-LAV
- sentence
ve-KOL ke-LEE fa-TU-akh a-SHER EIN-tsa-MID pa-TIL a-LAV ta-ME HU
Exegesis
A relative clause, introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ă-šer} ‘which’, follows with a negative existential ein {אֵין | ʾên} ‘there is not’, succeeded by two nouns: tsamid {צָמִיד | ṣā-mîḏ} ‘covering’ and patil {פָּתִיל | pā-ṯîl} ‘cord’, in asyndeton, implying alternative criteria for impurity.
Root and etymology
Rootṣ-m-d
“to bind, fasten”
In context — Numbers 19:15
And every open vessel which has no covering fastened upon it is unclean .
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 19:15, so the Hebrew word אֵין־צָמִ֥יד (eintsamid) 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.19.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.15.W5.S1) and character.