Numbers 19:9:5Num.19.9.W5TAB
אֵ֣פֶר
efer
“the ashes”
- Transliteration
- E-fer
- Extended
- EH-fehr
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛfɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ashes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-fer
- phraseyour reading level
E-fer ha-pa-RA
- 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 direct object marker et {אֵת | ’êt} marks efer happarah {אֵפֶר הַפָּרָה | ’ê·per happārāh} ‘the ashes of the heifer’ as the object.
Root and etymology
’-p-raleph–pe–resh
“ashes”
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 19:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 19:9, so the Hebrew word אֵ֣פֶר (efer) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.9.W5.S1) and character.