Exodus 38:21:8Exod.38.21.W8TAB
עַל־פִּ֣י
alpi
“by the command of”
- Transliteration
- al-PI
- Extended
- ahl-PEE
- IPA
- /ʕal.ˈpiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the command of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
al-PI
- phraseyour reading level
al-PI mo-SHEH
- clause
EH-leh fe-koo-DEE ham-mish-KAN mish-KAN ha-e-DOOT a-SHER poo-KAD al-PI mo-SHEH
- sentence
EH-leh fe-koo-DEE ham-mish-KAN mish-KAN ha-e-DOOT a-SHER poo-KAD al-PI mo-SHEH a-vo-DAT ha-le-vi-YIM be-YAD EE-ta-MAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The relative clause asher pukad al-pi moshe {אֲשֶׁ֥ר פֻּקַּ֖ד עַל־פִּ֣י מֹשֶׁ֑ה | ʾă-šer pûq-qad ʿal-pî mō-šeh} ‘that was recorded at the command of Moses’ uses a Pual perfect in a defining relative clause to highlight authoritative confirmation.
In context — Exodus 38:21
These are the records of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of Testimony , that were registered at the command of Moses for the service of the Levites by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
About this coordinate
Exodus 38:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 38:21, so the Hebrew word עַל־פִּ֣י (alpi) 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.38.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.38.21.W8.S1) and character.