Numbers 8:7:8Num.8.7.W8TAB
תַ֙עַר֙
taar
“a razor”
- Transliteration
- TA-ar
- Extended
- TAH-ar
- IPA
- /ˈta.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- a razor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
TA-ar
- phraseyour reading level
ve-he-e-vi-RU TA-ar
- 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 hiphil perfect wə-he-ʿĕ-vî-rū {וְהֶעֱבִירוּ | wə-he-ʿĕ-vî-rū} ‘and they shall cause to pass’ introduces the shaving action with ṭaʿ-ʾār {תַּעַר | ṭaʿ-ʾār} ‘razor’, modified by the construct ʿal-kol-bā-sā-rām {עַל־כָּל־בְּשָׂרָם | ʿal-kol-bā-sā-rām} ‘over all their flesh’, underscoring totality.
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 8:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 8:7, so the Hebrew word תַ֙עַר֙ (taar) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.8.7.W8.S1) and character.