Numbers 12:8:1Num.12.8.W1TAB

פֶּ֣ה

peh

mouth

Transliteration
PEH
Extended
PEH
IPA
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Meaning by language

English
mouth

Alphabet Analysis

Pep with dagesh; f without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    PEH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    PEH el-PEH

  3. clause

    PEH el-PEH a-da-BER-BO u-mar-EH ve-LO be-khi-DOT ut-mu-NAT Ye-ho-VAH ya-BIT

  4. sentence

    PEH el-PEH a-da-BER-BO u-mar-EH ve-LO be-khi-DOT ut-mu-NAT Ye-ho-VAH ya-BIT u-ma-DU-a LO ye-re-TEM le-da-BER be-av-DI be-mo-SHEH

Exegesis

The verse opens with the idiom peh el-peh {פֶּה אֶל־פֶּה | peh el-pĕh} ‘mouth to mouth’, conveying direct communication.

Root and etymology

RootPe He

mouth

In contextNumbers 12:8

Mouth to mouth I speak with him, plainly and not in riddles ; and the form of the LORD he beholds. So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?

About this coordinate

Numbers 12:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 12:8, so the Hebrew word פֶּ֣ה (peh) 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.12.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.12.8.W1.S1) and character.