Numbers 3:4:7Num.3.4.W7TAB
אֵ֨שׁ
esh
“fire”
- Transliteration
- ESH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- fire
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
ESH
- phraseyour reading level
be-hak-ri-VAM ESH za-RA
- clause
va-ya-MAT na-DAV va-a-vi-HU lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH be-hak-ri-VAM ESH za-RA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH be-mid-BAR si-NAI u-va-NIM LO-ha-YU la-HEM
- sentence
va-ya-MAT na-DAV va-a-vi-HU lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH be-hak-ri-VAM ESH za-RA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH be-mid-BAR si-NAI u-va-NIM LO-ha-YU la-HEM va-ye-kha-HEN el-a-ZAR ve-i-ta-MAR al-pe-NEI a-ha-RON a-vi-HEM
Exegesis
The Hifil infinitive construct behakirivam {בְּֽהַקְרִיבָם֩ | bə-haq-rî-vām} ‘as they brought near’ describes the ritual offering that transgressed the boundary marked by the noun phrase esh zarah {אֵ֨שׁ זָרָ֜ה | ʾēš zā-rāh} ‘unauthorized fire’.
In context — Numbers 3:4
Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they brought unauthorized fire before Him in the wilderness of Sinai. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the presence of their father Aaron.
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 3:4, so the Hebrew word אֵ֨שׁ (esh) 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.3.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.4.W7.S1) and character.