Exodus 19:21:12Exod.19.21.W12TAB
רָֽב׃
rav
“many”
- Transliteration
- RAV
- Extended
- RAAV
- IPA
- /raːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- many
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
RAV
- clause
pen-ye-her-SU el-ye-ho-VAH lir-OT ve-na-FAL mih-me-NU RAV
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE RED ha-ED ba-AM pen-ye-her-SU el-ye-ho-VAH lir-OT ve-na-FAL mih-me-NU RAV
Exegesis
The consequence clause uses venafal {וְנָפַל | wə-nā-phal} ‘and they will fall’, with mimennu {מִמֶּנּוּ | mim-men-nû} ‘from it’ and rav {רָב | rāḇ}, establishing a fatal result. The sequence from command to warning to consequence underscores the peril of unauthorized approach to the holy God.
Root and etymology
ר־ב־ב
“to be many”
In context — Exodus 19:21
And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people so they do not break through to the LORD to see, and many of them perish.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 19:21, so the Hebrew word רָֽב׃ (rav) 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 Exod.19.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.21.W12.S1) and character.