Numbers 23:14:3Num.23.14.W3TAB
צֹפִ֔ים
tsofim
“of Zophim”
- Transliteration
- tso-FIM
- Extended
- tsoh-FEEM
- IPA
- /tsɔˈfiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Zophim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tso-FIM
- 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
RootTsade–Peh–He
“watch”
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 23:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 23:14, so the Hebrew word צֹפִ֔ים (tsofim) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.14.W3.S1) and character.