Numbers 4:32:10Num.4.32.W10TAB
תִּפְקְד֔וּ
tifkedu
“you shall list”
- Transliteration
- tif-ke-DU
- Extended
- tif-keh-DOO
- IPA
- /tifkǝˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall list
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tif-ke-DU
- phraseyour reading level
uv-she-MOT tif-ke-DU
- clause
uv-she-MOT tif-ke-DU et-KLEI mish-ME-ret ma-sa-AM
- sentence
ve-a-mu-DEI he-kha-TSEIR sa-VIV ve-ad-NEI-hem ve-ye-te-do-TAM u-meit-rei-HEM le-KHOL-klei-HEM ul-KHOL a-vo-da-TAM uv-she-MOT tif-ke-DU et-KLEI mish-ME-ret ma-sa-AM
Exegesis
The Piel imperfect tipkedu {תִּפְקְדוּ | tip-pe-qe-dû} ‘you shall assign’ expresses the administrative command, and the genitival chain et-klei mishmeret massaam {אֶת־כְּלֵי מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַשָּׂאָם | ʾet-kᵊ-lê miš-mê-rêṯ mas-sā-’ām} ‘the equipment of the responsibility of their burden’ specifies the precise allocation of burdens within the tabernacle service.
Root and etymology
p-q-dpe-qod
“to appoint, count”
In context — Numbers 4:32
And the pillars of the courtyard all around, and their bases, and their pegs, and their ropes—for all their equipment and for all their service—you shall assign by name the equipment of the responsibility of their burden .
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:32:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 4:32, so the Hebrew word תִּפְקְד֔וּ (tifkedu) 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.4.32.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.32.W10.S1) and character.