Numbers 19:5:1Num.19.5.W1TAB
וְשָׂרַ֥ף
vesaraf
“and he shall burn”
- Transliteration
- ve-sa-RAF
- Extended
- veh-sah-RAF
- IPA
- /vəsaˈraf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he shall burn
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sa-RAF
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sa-RAF et-ha-pa-RA
- clause
ve-sa-RAF et-ha-pa-RA le-ey-NAV
- sentence
ve-sa-RAF et-ha-pa-RA le-ey-NAV et-o-RAH ve-et-be-sa-RAH ve-et-da-MAH al-pir-SHAH yis-ROF
Exegesis
The verse employs the vav-consecutive in vesaraf {וְשָׂרַף | wə-śārāp̄} ‘and he shall burn’ to advance the procedural narrative.
Root and etymology
Roots-r-p
“to burn; consume with fire”
In context — Numbers 19:5
And he shall burn the cow before his eyes; its skin, its flesh, and its blood he shall burn upon its dung .
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 19:5, so the Hebrew word וְשָׂרַ֥ף (vesaraf) 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.19.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.5.W1.S1) and character.