Numbers 13:17:8Num.13.17.W8TAB
אֲלֵהֶ֗ם
alehem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔăleˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER a-le-HEM
- clause
va-yo-MER a-le-HEM a-LU ZEH ba-NE-gev va-a-li-TEM ET-ha-HAR
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-E-retz ke-NA-an va-yo-MER a-le-HEM a-LU ZEH ba-NE-gev va-a-li-TEM ET-ha-HAR
Exegesis
The second vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ introduces direct address with alehem {אֲלֵהֶ֗ם | ʾă-lê-hem} marking the audience.
In context — Numbers 13:17
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and he said to them, “Go up here through the Negev and go up into the hill country.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 13:17, so the Hebrew word אֲלֵהֶ֗ם (alehem) 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.13.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.17.W8.S1) and character.