Numbers 3:4:8Num.3.4.W8TAB

זָרָ֜ה

zara

unauthorized

Transliteration
za-RA
Extended
zaa-RAH
IPA
/zaˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
unauthorized

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
זָ + רָ֜ה
za + ra
zara

Alphabet Analysis

Zayinz as in zero
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    za-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-hak-ri-VAM ESH za-RA

  3. 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

  4. 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’.

Root and etymology

Rootzayin–resh

stranger, foreign

In contextNumbers 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 3:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 3:4, so the Hebrew word זָרָ֜ה (zara) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.4.W8.S1) and character.