Numbers 3:38:13Num.3.38.W13TAB
הַמִּקְדָּ֔שׁ
hameekdash
“of the sanctuary”
- Transliteration
- ha-meek-DASH
- Extended
- hah-meek-DAASH
- IPA
- /miʃˈmɛ.rɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the sanctuary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-meek-DASH
- phraseyour reading level
meesh-ME-ret ha-meek-DASH
- clause
ve-ha-KHO-neem leef-NEI ha-meesh-KAN KED-mah leef-NEI O-hel-MO-ed miz-RA-khah mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON u-va-NAV shom-REEM meesh-ME-ret ha-meek-DASH le-meesh-ME-ret be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-ha-KHO-neem leef-NEI ha-meesh-KAN KED-mah leef-NEI O-hel-MO-ed miz-RA-khah mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON u-va-NAV shom-REEM meesh-ME-ret ha-meek-DASH le-meesh-ME-ret be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-ha-ZAR ha-ka-REV yu-MAT
Exegesis
The main clause then presents Mosheh {מֹשֶׁה | mō-šeh}, veAharon {וְאַהֲרֹן | wə-ʾă-ḥă-rōn}, and uvanav {וּבָנָיו | u-va-nā-v} as subjects of shomrim {שֹׁמְרִים | šō-mer-îm} ‘guarding’ mishmeret {מִשְׁמֶרֶת | miš-me-ret} ‘charge’ of hamikdash {הַמִּקְדָּשׁ | ha-mik-dā-sh}, arranged in the construct le-mishmeret benei Yisrael {לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | lə-miš-me-ret bə-nê yi-srā-ʾēl} ‘for the charge of the sons of Israel’.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–dalet–shin
“set apart, holy”
In context — Numbers 3:38
And those who camped eastward before the tabernacle, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons. They kept the charge of the sanctuary on behalf of the sons of Israel. Any outsider who came near was to be put to death.
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:38:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 3:38, so the Hebrew word הַמִּקְדָּ֔שׁ (hameekdash) 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.3.38.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.38.W13.S1) and character.