Numbers 7:8:6Num.7.8.W6TAB
הַבָּקָ֔ר
habakar
“the oxen”
- Transliteration
- ha-ba-KAR
- Extended
- hah-ba-KAHR
- IPA
- /habbaˈkaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the oxen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-ba-KAR
- phraseyour reading level
shmo-NAT ha-ba-KAR
- clause
ve-ET ar-BA ha-a-ga-LOT ve-ET shmo-NAT ha-ba-KAR na-TAN liv-NEI me-ra-RI
- sentence
ve-ET ar-BA ha-a-ga-LOT ve-ET shmo-NAT ha-ba-KAR na-TAN liv-NEI me-ra-RI ke-FI a-vo-da-TAM be-YAD i-ta-MAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The clause begins with the object marker ve’et {וְאֵת | wə-ʾêṯ} ‘and’ linking the two direct objects: four carts (arba {אַרְבַּע | ʾar-baʿ} + ha’agalot {הָעֲגָלוֹת | hā-ʿă-gā-lōṯ}) and eight oxen (shmonat {שְׁמֹנַת | šə-mō-nāṯ} + ha-bakar {הַבָּקָר | ha-bā-qār}).
Root and etymology
b-q-rbet-qof-resh
“ox, cattle”
In context — Numbers 7:8
And he gave four carts and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 7:8, so the Hebrew word הַבָּקָ֔ר (habakar) 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.7.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.8.W6.S1) and character.