Numbers 7:3:8Num.7.3.W8TAB
עָשָׂ֣ר
asar
“oxen”
- Transliteration
- a-SAR
- Extended
- aa-SAAR
- IPA
- /ʕaˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- oxen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
ush-NEI a-SAR ba-KAR
- clause
va-ya-vi-U et-kar-ba-NAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH shesh-eg-LOT tsav ush-NEI a-SAR ba-KAR a-ga-LAH al-shnei han-ne-si-IM ve-SHOR le-e-KHAD
- sentence
va-ya-vi-U et-kar-ba-NAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH shesh-eg-LOT tsav ush-NEI a-SAR ba-KAR a-ga-LAH al-shnei han-ne-si-IM ve-SHOR le-e-KHAD va-ya-kri-VOO o-TAM lif-NEI ham-mish-KAN
Exegesis
The coordinated cardinal expressions šēš-ʿeglōṯ ṣāḇ {שֵׁשׁ־עֶגְלֹת צָב | šēš-ʿeglōṯ ṣāḇ} ‘six covered wagons’ and wə-šənē ʿāsār bāqār {וּשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר בָּקָר | wə-šənē ʿāsār bāqār} ‘twelve oxen’ utilize numerals in construct to specify the offerings.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-sin-resh
“ten”
In context — Numbers 7:3
And they brought their offering before the LORD , six covered wagons and twelve oxen—a wagon for every two leaders and an ox for each. They presented them before the tabernacle.
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 7:3, so the Hebrew word עָשָׂ֣ר (asar) 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.7.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.3.W8.S1) and character.