Numbers 8:4:3Num.8.4.W3TAB
הַמְּנֹרָה֙
hammenorah
“of the lampstand”
- Transliteration
- ham-me-no-RAH
- Extended
- hahm-meh-no-RAA
- IPA
- /ham.mənoˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the lampstand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ham-me-no-RAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ZEH ma-a-SEH ham-me-no-RAH
- clause
ve-ZEH ma-a-SEH ham-me-no-RAH mik-SHAH za-HAV ad-ye-re-KAH ad-pir-KHAH mik-SHAH HI
- sentence
ve-ZEH ma-a-SEH ham-me-no-RAH mik-SHAH za-HAV ad-ye-re-KAH ad-pir-KHAH mik-SHAH HI ka-mar-EH a-SHER her-AH Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH KEN a-SA et-ham-me-no-RAH
Exegesis
The noun ma‘aseh {מַעֲשֵׂה | ma·‘ă·šê} ‘construction’ pairs with ha-menorah {הַמְּנֹרָה | ha-mĕ·nō·rāh} ‘the lampstand’, establishing the subject.
Root and etymology
n–w–rnun-vav-resh
“lamp; shine”
In context — Numbers 8:4
Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand: hammered work of gold, from its base to its blossom; it was hammered work, and it was made according to the pattern that the LORD had shown Moses.
About this coordinate
Numbers 8:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 8:4, so the Hebrew word הַמְּנֹרָה֙ (hammenorah) 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.8.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.8.4.W3.S1) and character.