Numbers 21:14:3Num.21.14.W3TAB
בְּסֵ֖פֶר
besefer
“in the book”
- Transliteration
- be-SE-fer
- Extended
- beh-SEH-fehr
- IPA
- /bəˈseːfɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the book
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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| 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
be-SE-fer
- clause
al-KEN ye-a-MAR be-SE-fer mil-kha-MOT Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
al-KEN ye-a-MAR be-SE-fer mil-kha-MOT Ye-ho-VAH et-va-HEV be-su-FAH ve-et-han-ne-kha-LEEM ar-NON
Exegesis
The nominal phrase bĕ-sēp̄er milḥammôṯ Yəhōwāh {בְּסֵפֶר מִלְחֲמוֹת יְהוָה | bĕ-sēp̄er milḥammôṯ Yəhōwāh} ‘in the Book of the Wars of the LORD’ serves as a formal title for a noncanonical source.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh-pei-resh
“book, writing, recount”
In context — Numbers 21:14
Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD : Waheb in Suphah and the ravines of Arnon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:14, so the Hebrew word בְּסֵ֖פֶר (besefer) 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.21.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.14.W3.S1) and character.