Numbers 19:2:1Num.19.2.W1TAB

זֹ֚את

zot

This

Transliteration
ZOT
Extended
ZOHT
IPA
/ˈzoːt/

Meaning by language

English
This

Alphabet Analysis

Zayinz as in zero
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ZOT

  2. clause

    ZOT khu-KAT ha-to-RAH a-SHER-tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR

  3. sentence

    ZOT khu-KAT ha-to-RAH a-SHER-tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU e-LEI-kha fa-RAH a-du-MAH te-mi-MAH a-SHER EIN-bah MUM a-SHER LO-a-LAH a-LEI-ha OL

Exegesis

The verse opens with the demonstrative pronoun zot {זֹאת | zôt} ‘this’, creating focal emphasis on the ensuing specification.

In contextNumbers 19:2

This is the statute of the instruction which the LORD has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that they may take for you a red heifer , perfect, in which there is no blemish and upon which no yoke has ever come.

About this coordinate

Numbers 19:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 19:2, 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.19.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.2.W1.S1) and character.