Numbers 8:4:5Num.8.4.W5TAB
זָהָ֔ב
zahav
“of gold”
- Transliteration
- za-HAV
- Extended
- zaa-HAAV
- IPA
- /zaˈhaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- of gold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-HAV
- phraseyour reading level
mik-SHAH za-HAV
- 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 phrase mikshah zahav {מִקְשָׁה זָהָב | mik·šāh zā·hāv} ‘hammered work of gold’ uses a construct chain to denote technique and material.
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 8:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 8:4, so the Hebrew word זָהָ֔ב (zahav) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.8.4.W5.S1) and character.