Numbers 4:7:5Num.4.7.W5TAB
בֶּ֣גֶד
beged
“a cloth”
- Transliteration
- BE-ged
- Extended
- BEH-geh-d
- IPA
- /jif.rəˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a cloth
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
BE-ged
- phraseyour reading level
BE-ged te-KHE-let
- clause
ve-AL shul-KHAN ha-pa-NEEM yif-re-SU BE-ged te-KHE-let ve-nat-NU a-LAV et-ke-a-ROT ve-et-ka-POT ve-et-me-na-KI-yot ve-ET ke-SOT ha-NA-sekh
- sentence
ve-AL shul-KHAN ha-pa-NEEM yif-re-SU BE-ged te-KHE-let ve-nat-NU a-LAV et-ke-a-ROT ve-et-ka-POT ve-et-me-na-KI-yot ve-ET ke-SOT ha-NA-sekh ve-LE-khem ha-ta-MEED a-LAV yih-YEH
Exegesis
The verb yifresu {יִפְרְשׂוּ | yi-fre-šu} ‘they will spread’ (Qal imperfect third masculine plural) governs the noun–noun construct be-ged te-ḵē-let {בֶּגֶד תְּכֵלֶת | be-ged te-ḵē-let} ‘blue cloth’.
Root and etymology
b-g-d
“garment”
In context — Numbers 4:7
And upon the table of the Presence they shall spread a blue cloth and place on it the plates, the ladles, the bowls, and the cups for the libation; and the perpetual bread shall remain on it.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 4:7, so the Hebrew word בֶּ֣גֶד (beged) 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.4.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.7.W5.S1) and character.