Numbers 23:14:2Num.23.14.W2TAB
שְׂדֵ֣ה
sedeh
“to the field”
- Transliteration
- se-DEH
- Extended
- seh-DEH
- IPA
- /səˈdeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the field
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
se-DEH
- phraseyour reading level
se-DEH tso-FIM
- clause
va-yik-ka-KHE-hu se-DEH tso-FIM el-ROSH ha-pis-GAH
- sentence
va-yik-ka-KHE-hu se-DEH tso-FIM el-ROSH ha-pis-GAH va-yi-VEN shiv-AH miz-be-KHOT va-ya-AL PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The construct phrase s’deh tzophim {שְׂדֵ֣ה צֹפִ֔ים | sədeh tsôphîm} establishes a possessive place-name “field of Zophim.”
Root and etymology
RootShin–Dalet–He
“field”
In context — Numbers 23:14
So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 23:14, so the Hebrew word שְׂדֵ֣ה (sedeh) 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.23.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.14.W2.S1) and character.