Numbers 13:18:12Num.13.18.W12TAB
אִם־רָֽב׃
imrav
“or many”
- Transliteration
- im-RAV
- Extended
- im-RAAV
- IPA
- /ʔimˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- or many
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-RAV
- clause
ve-et-ha-AM ha-yo-SHEV a-le-HA he-kha-ZAK HU ha-ra-FEH ham-AT HU im-RAV
- sentence
u-re-i-TEM et-ha-A-retz ma-HU ve-et-ha-AM ha-yo-SHEV a-le-HA he-kha-ZAK HU ha-ra-FEH ham-AT HU im-RAV
Exegesis
The distribution of qualities employs parallelism through adjectival pairs joined by the interrogative im {אִם־ | ʾim}: hechazaq {הֶחָזָ֥ק | hē-ḥā-zāq} ‘strong’ or harafeh {הֲרָפֶ֔ה | ḥă-rā-p̄eh} ‘weak,’ and hame’at {הַמְעַ֥ט | ham-‘ǎṭ} ‘few’ or rav {רָֽב | rāḇ} ‘many.’
Root and etymology
r-b-b
“to be many”
In context — Numbers 13:18
And you shall see the land —what it is—and the people who dwell on it, whether they are strong or weak , few or many.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 13:18, so the Hebrew word אִם־רָֽב׃ (imrav) 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.13.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.18.W12.S1) and character.