Numbers 7:6:4Num.7.6.W4TAB
וְאֶת־הַבָּקָ֑ר
veethabakar
“and the oxen”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-ha-ba-KAR
- Extended
- veh-EET-hah-baa-KAR
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt hab.baˈkaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the oxen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-ha-ba-KAR
- clause
va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH ET-ha-a-ga-LOT ve-ET-ha-ba-KAR
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH ET-ha-a-ga-LOT ve-ET-ha-ba-KAR va-yi-TEN o-TAM el-hal-vi-YIM
Exegesis
The direct object markers et {אֶת | ʾet} and ve’et {וְאֶת | wəʾet} link the objects ha‘agalot {הָעֲגָלֹת | hā‘ăgālōt} ‘the carts’ and ha-bakar {הַבָּקָר | habbāqār} ‘the oxen’ to their verbs, clarifying the transfer process.
Root and etymology
b-q-rbet-qoph-resh
“cattle”
In context — Numbers 7:6
Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites .
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 7:6, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַבָּקָ֑ר (veethabakar) 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.7.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.6.W4.S1) and character.