Numbers 19:5:7Num.19.5.W7TAB
עַל־פִּרְשָׁ֖הּ
alpirshah
“upon its dung”
- Transliteration
- al-pir-SHAH
- Extended
- ahl-peer-SHAAH
- IPA
- /ʕal.pirˈʃa/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon its dung
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-pir-SHAH
- clause
et-o-RAH ve-et-be-sa-RAH ve-et-da-MAH al-pir-SHAH yis-ROF
- 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
Finally, ʿal-piršāh {עַל־פִּרְשָׁהּ | ʿal-piršāh} ‘upon its dung’ underscores comprehensive destruction, including refuse.
Root and etymology
‘-w-lAyin-Vav-Lamed
“yoke, burden”
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 19:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 19:5, so the Hebrew word עַל־פִּרְשָׁ֖הּ (alpirshah) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.5.W7.S1) and character.