Numbers 8:7:11Num.8.7.W11TAB
בִגְדֵיהֶ֖ם
bigdehem
“their clothes”
- Transliteration
- big-de-HEM
- Extended
- big-deh-HEHM
- IPA
- /biɡdeˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their clothes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
big-de-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khib-SU big-de-HEM
- clause
ve-he-e-vi-RU TA-ar al-KOL-be-sa-RAM ve-khib-SU big-de-HEM ve-hit-te-HARU
- sentence
ve-KHO-ta-a-SEH la-HEM le-ta-ha-RAM ha-ZEH a-lei-HEM mei kha-TAT ve-he-e-vi-RU TA-ar al-KOL-be-sa-RAM ve-khib-SU big-de-HEM ve-hit-te-HARU
Exegesis
The piel perfect wə-kiḇ-sū {וְכִבְּסוּ | wə-kiḇ-sū} ‘and they shall wash’ governs big-dê-hem {בִגְדֵיהֶם | big-dê-hem} ‘their garments’.
Root and etymology
ב־ג־ד
“garment; clothing”
In context — Numbers 8:7
And this is what you shall do to them for their purification: Sprinkle this water of purification upon them, and let them pass a razor over all their flesh. Then they shall wash their garments and purify themselves.
About this coordinate
Numbers 8:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 8:7, so the Hebrew word בִגְדֵיהֶ֖ם (bigdehem) 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.8.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.8.7.W11.S1) and character.