Numbers 6:2:12Num.6.2.W12TAB
נָזִ֔יר
nazir
“of a Nazirite”
- Transliteration
- na-ZIR
- Extended
- naa-ZEER
- IPA
- /naˈziːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- of a Nazirite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-ZIR
- phraseyour reading level
NE-der na-ZIR
- clause
ISH o-i-SHAH KI yaf-LEE lin-DOR NE-der na-ZIR le-ha-ZIR la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ISH o-i-SHAH KI yaf-LEE lin-DOR NE-der na-ZIR le-ha-ZIR la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct chain lin-dôr nādēr nāzîr lə-hazzîr {לִנְדֹּר נֶדֶר נָזִיר לְהַזִּיר | lin-dôr nādēr nāzîr lə-hazzîr} ‘to vow a vow of a Nazirite to separate’ strings specialized consecration terms.
Root and etymology
n-z-rnun–zayin–resh
“to separate, consecrate”
In context — Numbers 6:2
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, “If a man or a woman distinctly makes a vow of a Nazirite to set himself or herself apart to the LORD .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 6:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 6:2, so the Hebrew word נָזִ֔יר (nazir) 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.6.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.6.2.W12.S1) and character.