Numbers 19:6:4Num.19.6.W4TAB

אֶ֛רֶז

erez

of cedar

Transliteration
E-rez
Extended
EH-rez
IPA
/ˈʔɛrɛz/

Meaning by language

English
of cedar

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Result
אֶ֛ + רֶז
e + rez
erez

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Zayinz as in zero

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Word in context

  1. word

    E-rez

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ETS E-rez

  3. clause

    ve-la-KAKH ha-ko-HEN ETS E-rez ve-e-ZOV u-she-NI to-LA-at

  4. 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 coordinated list etz and erez {עֵץ אֶרֶז | ʿēṣ ʾē-rez}, vezov {וְאֵז֖וֹב | wə-ʾē-zōv}, and ushni tolaat {וּשְׁנִ֣י תוֹלָ֑עַת | ū-šə-nî tô-lā-ʿāṯ} underscores the parallelism of ingredients, while the construct ushni tolaat links the scarlet hue to its worm-based origin.

Root and etymology

cedar tree

In contextNumbers 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 19:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 19:6, so the Hebrew word אֶ֛רֶז (erez) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.6.W4.S1) and character.