Numbers 3:38:17Num.3.38.W17TAB
וְהַזָּ֥ר
vehazar
“and the outsider”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ZAR
- Extended
- veh-hah-ZAAR
- IPA
- /jis.raˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the outsider
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ZAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-ZAR ha-ka-REV
- clause
ve-ha-ZAR ha-ka-REV yu-MAT
- 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 final clause vehazar hakarev yumat {וְהַזָּ֥ר הַקָּרֵ֖ב יוּמָֽת׃ | wə-ḥā-zār ha-qā-rêv yū-māṯ} conveys a legal prohibition: and the outsider who approaches shall be put to death. The paratactic progression of spatial description, priestly activity, and judicial warning underscores the ordered sanctity and severity of the sanctuary service.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–resh
“stranger, foreign”
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 3:38:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 3:38, so the Hebrew word וְהַזָּ֥ר (vehazar) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.38.W17.S1) and character.