Numbers 8:7:3Num.8.7.W3TAB
לְטֽ͏ַהֲרָ֔ם
letaharam
“to cleanse them”
- Transliteration
- le-ta-ha-RAM
- Extended
- leh-tah-ha-RAAM
- IPA
- /lətahaˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to cleanse them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-ta-ha-RAM
- clause
ve-KHO-ta-a-SEH la-HEM le-ta-ha-RAM ha-ZEH a-lei-HEM mei kha-TAT
- 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
Purpose is expressed by the infinitive lə-tah-hā-rām {לְטַהֲרָם | lə-tah-hā-rām} ‘for their purification’.
Root and etymology
ט־ה־ר
“to be clean; to cleanse”
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 8:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 8:7, so the Hebrew word לְטֽ͏ַהֲרָ֔ם (letaharam) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.8.7.W3.S1) and character.