Numbers 19:9:11Num.19.9.W11TAB

טָה֑וֹר

tahor

clean

Transliteration
ta-HOR
Extended
taa-HOHR
IPA
/taːˈhoːr/

Meaning by language

English
clean

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Result
טָ + ה֑וֹר
ta + hor
tahor

Alphabet Analysis

Tett — emphatic
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ta-HOR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-ma-KOM ta-HOR

  3. clause

    ve-a-SAF ISH ta-HOR ET E-fer ha-pa-RA ve-hi-NI-akh mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH be-ma-KOM ta-HOR

  4. sentence

    ve-a-SAF ISH ta-HOR ET E-fer ha-pa-RA ve-hi-NI-akh mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH be-ma-KOM ta-HOR ve-ha-ye-TAH la-a-DAT be-NEI-YIS-ra-EL le-mish-MER-et le-MEI ni-DAH khat-TAT HOO

Exegesis

The subject ish tahor {אִישׁ טָהוֹר | ’îš ṭāhôr} ‘a pure person’ qualifies the agent.

The coordinating verb vehini’ach {וְהִנִּיחַ | wə·hin·nî·aḥ} ‘and he shall deposit’ governs the locatives miḥutz la-maḥaneh {מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה | mi·ḥūṣ la·maḥ·ḥă·neh} ‘outside the camp’ and be-maqom ṭahôr {בְּמָקוֹם טָהוֹר | bə·mā·qôm ṭāhôr} ‘in a clean place’.

Root and etymology

t-h-rtet–het–resh

pure, clean

In contextNumbers 19:9

And a man who is clean shall gather the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the sons of Israel as a reserve for water of impurity, a sin-offering .

About this coordinate

Numbers 19:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 19:9, so the Hebrew word טָה֑וֹר (tahor) 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.19.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.9.W11.S1) and character.