Numbers 19:8:1Num.19.8.W1TAB
וְהַשֹּׂרֵ֣ף
vehasoref
“and the one who burns”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-SO-ref
- Extended
- veh-ha-SO-REHF
- IPA
- /vəhasːoˈreːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the one who burns
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-SO-ref
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-SO-ref o-TAH
- clause
ve-ha-SO-ref o-TAH ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ba-MA-yim ve-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO ba-MA-yim
- sentence
ve-ha-SO-ref o-TAH ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ba-MA-yim ve-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The clause begins with hasoref {וְהַשֹּׂרֵ֣ף | wə-ha-šō-rêp} ‘the one who burns’, a Hiphil participle with vav-conjunction indicating a procedural continuation.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-resh-peh
“to burn, consume by fire”
In context — Numbers 19:8
And the one who burns it must wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water, and he will be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 19:8, so the Hebrew word וְהַשֹּׂרֵ֣ף (vehasoref) 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.19.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.8.W1.S1) and character.