Numbers 26:49:1Num.26.49.W1TAB

לְיֵצֶר

leyetser

of Jezer

Transliteration
le-YE-tser
Extended
leh-YE-tser
IPA
/ləˈjeːtsɛr/

Meaning by language

English
of Jezer

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Result
לְ + יֵ + צֶר
le + ye + tser
leyetser

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tsadets as in cats
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-YE-tser

  2. sentence

    le-YE-tser mish-pa-KHAT ha-yits-REE le-shil-LEM mish-pa-KHAT ha-shil-LE-mi

Exegesis

The verse employs two parallel prepositional clauses introduced by leYetser {לְיֵ֕צֶר | lə-yē-ṣer} and leShillem {לְשִׁלֵּ֕ם | lə-šil-lêm}, marking eponymous ancestors.

In contextNumbers 26:49

Of Yetser, the clan of the Yetserite; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemite .

About this coordinate

Numbers 26:49:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 26:49, so the Hebrew word לְיֵצֶר (leyetser) 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.26.49.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.49.W1.S1) and character.