Numbers 19:2:1Num.19.2.W1TAB
זֹ֚את
zot
“This”
- Transliteration
- ZOT
- Extended
- ZOHT
- IPA
- /ˈzoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- This
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 khu-KAT ha-to-RAH a-SHER-tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR
- 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 context — Numbers 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.