Numbers 19:8:7Num.19.8.W7TAB
בְּשָׂר֖וֹ
besaro
“his body”
- Transliteration
- be-sa-RO
- Extended
- beh-sah-ROH
- IPA
- /bəsaˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his body
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-sa-RO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO
- 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 noun besaroh {בְּשָׂר֖וֹ | bə-šārô} ‘his flesh’ parallels the cleansing of clothes, again with bamayim {בַּמָּ֑יִם | ba-ˈmayyim}.
Root and etymology
Rootbet-shin-resh
“flesh, body”
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 19:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 19:8, so the Hebrew word בְּשָׂר֖וֹ (besaro) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.8.W7.S1) and character.