Numbers 28:2:12Num.28.2.W12TAB
לְהַקְרִ֥יב
lehakriv
“to offer”
- Transliteration
- le-hak-RIV
- Extended
- leh-hak-REEV
- IPA
- /ləhaqˈriːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to offer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-hak-RIV
- phraseyour reading level
le-hak-RIV LI
- clause
ET-kar-ba-NI lakh-MI le-ish-AI RE-akh ni-kho-KHI tish-me-RU le-hak-RIV LI be-mo-a-DO
- sentence
TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ET-kar-ba-NI lakh-MI le-ish-AI RE-akh ni-kho-KHI tish-me-RU le-hak-RIV LI be-mo-a-DO
Exegesis
The sequence tishmeru lehakriv {תִּשְׁמְרוּ לְהַקְרִיב | tiš-mə-rû lə-hä-qə-rîḇ} ‘you shall keep<->to present’ forms a purpose clause governed by the imperative.
In context — Numbers 28:2
Command the sons of Israel and say to them, “My offering, my food for my fire-offerings , my pleasing aroma, you shall be careful to bring near to me at its appointed time,” says the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 28:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 28:2, so the Hebrew word לְהַקְרִ֥יב (lehakriv) 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.28.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.28.2.W12.S1) and character.