Numbers 11:30:3Num.11.30.W3TAB
אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה
elhamakhaneh
“to the camp”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ma-KHA-neh
- Extended
- ehl-hah-mah-KHAH-neh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ham.maħaˈne/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the camp
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-ma-KHA-neh
- clause
va-ye-a-SEF mo-SHEH el-ha-ma-KHA-neh
- sentence
va-ye-a-SEF mo-SHEH el-ha-ma-KHA-neh HU ve-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el ha-maḥănēh {אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה | ʾel hammăḥănēh} indicates direction to Israel’s mobile encampment.
Root and etymology
Rootchet-nun-he
“to encamp”
In context — Numbers 11:30
And Moses returned to the camp , he and the elders of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 11:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 11:30, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה (elhamakhaneh) 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.11.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.11.30.W3.S1) and character.