Numbers 19:17:4Num.19.17.W4TAB
שְׂרֵפַ֣ת
serefat
“of the burning”
- Transliteration
- se-re-FAT
- Extended
- seh-reh-FAHT
- IPA
- /sreˈfat/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the burning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
se-re-FAT
- phraseyour reading level
se-re-FAT ha-kha-TAT
- clause
ve-lak-KHU la-ta-ME me-a-FAR se-re-FAT ha-kha-TAT
- sentence
ve-lak-KHU la-ta-ME me-a-FAR se-re-FAT ha-kha-TAT ve-na-TAN a-LAV MA-yim kha-YIM el-KE-li
Exegesis
The construct chain me‘afar serefath haḥaṭṭāṯ {מֵעֲפַר שְׂרֵפַת הַֽחַטָּ֑את | mē-ʿă-p̄ār sə-rê-phaṯ ha-ḥaṭ-ṭāṯ} precisely links ash to the burning of the sin-offering, emphasizing the sacrificial source of the purification material.
Root and etymology
s-r-pshin–resh–pe
“burning”
In context — Numbers 19:17
And they shall take for the unclean person from the ashes of the burned sin-offering, and they shall put living water into a vessel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 19:17, so the Hebrew word שְׂרֵפַ֣ת (serefat) 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.19.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.17.W4.S1) and character.