Numbers 4:32:13Num.4.32.W13TAB
מַשָּׂאָֽם׃
masaam
“of their carrying”
- Transliteration
- ma-sa-AM
- Extended
- mah-saa-AM
- IPA
- /masːaˈʔam/
Meaning by language
- English
- of their carrying
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-sa-AM
- phraseyour reading level
mish-ME-ret ma-sa-AM
- 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
n-s-’nun-sin-aleph
“to lift, carry”
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 4:32:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 4:32, so the Hebrew word מַשָּׂאָֽם׃ (masaam) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.32.W13.S1) and character.