Numbers 19:6:10Num.19.6.W10TAB
שְׂרֵפַ֥ת
serefat
“of the burning”
- Transliteration
- se-RE-fat
- Extended
- seh-REH-fat
- IPA
- /səreˈfat/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
se-RE-fat
- phraseyour reading level
se-RE-fat ha-pa-RA
- clause
ve-hish-LIKH el-TOKH se-RE-fat ha-pa-RA
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH ha-ko-HEN ETS E-rez ve-e-ZOV u-she-NI to-LA-at ve-hish-LIKH el-TOKH se-RE-fat ha-pa-RA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el tokh srefat happarah {אֶל־תּוֹךְ שְׂרֵפַ֥ת הַפָּרָה | ʾel-tō-ḵ ṣə-rê-phaṯ ha-pā-rā} precisely locates the tossing ‘into the midst of the heifer’s burning.’ The terms “throw” (formal) and “toss” (dynamic) reflect differences in tone and immediacy.
Root and etymology
s-r-pshin–resh–pe
“burning”
In context — Numbers 19:6
And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet yarn and throw them into the midst of the heifer’s burning.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 19:6, so the Hebrew word שְׂרֵפַ֥ת (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.19.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.6.W10.S1) and character.