Numbers 4:8:3Num.4.8.W3TAB
בֶּ֚גֶד
beged
“a cloth”
- Transliteration
- BE-ged
- Extended
- BEH-gehde
- IPA
- /ˈbɛ.ɡɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- a cloth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
BE-ged
- clause
u-far-SU a-lei-HEM BE-ged to-LA-at sha-NI ve-kis-SU o-TO be-mikh-SEH OR ta-KHASH
- sentence
u-far-SU a-lei-HEM BE-ged to-LA-at sha-NI ve-kis-SU o-TO be-mikh-SEH OR ta-KHASH ve-sa-MU et-bad-DAV
Exegesis
The construct chain be-ged to-la-at sha-ni {בֶּגֶד תּוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי | be-ged to-lə-ʿaṯ šā-nî} ‘cloth of scarlet’ highlights the specified ritual material.
Root and etymology
b-g-d
“garment”
In context — Numbers 4:8
And they shall spread a cloth of scarlet over them, and they shall cover it with a covering of tachash skin, and they shall place its poles.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 4:8, so the Hebrew word בֶּ֚גֶד (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.4.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.8.W3.S1) and character.