Numbers 19:9:3Num.19.9.W3TAB
טָה֗וֹר
tahor
“clean”
- Transliteration
- ta-HOR
- Extended
- taa-HOHR
- IPA
- /taːˈhoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- clean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-HOR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-SAF ISH ta-HOR
- 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
- 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 context — Numbers 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 19:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 19:9, so the Hebrew word טָה֗וֹר (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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.9.W3.S1) and character.