Numbers 3:40:4Num.3.40.W4TAB
פְּקֹ֨ד
pekod
“Count”
- Transliteration
- pe-KOD
- Extended
- peh-KOHD
- IPA
- /pəˈqoːd/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-KOD
- phraseyour reading level
pe-KOD kol-be-KHOR za-KHAR
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh pe-KOD kol-be-KHOR za-KHAR liv-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-BEN-KHO-desh va-MA-la
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh pe-KOD kol-be-KHOR za-KHAR liv-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-BEN-KHO-desh va-MA-la ve-SA ET mis-PAR she-mo-TAM
Exegesis
The Qal imperatives peqod {פְּקֹ֨ד | pəqōd} ‘count’ and vesa {וְשָׂ֕א | wə·śāʾ} ‘take up’ form a bipartite instruction.
Root and etymology
Rootpqd
“to count”
In context — Numbers 3:40
And the LORD said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn male children of Israel who are one month old or older, and record the number of their names .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 3:40, so the Hebrew word פְּקֹ֨ד (pekod) 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.3.40.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.40.W4.S1) and character.