Numbers 13:4:1Num.13.4.W1TAB
וְאֵ֖לֶּה
veele
“and these”
- Transliteration
- ve-E-le
- Extended
- veh-EH-leh
- IPA
- /vəˈʔe.le/
Meaning by language
- English
- and these
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ve-E-le
- clause
ve-E-le she-mo-TAM
- sentence
ve-E-le she-mo-TAM le-ma-TE re-u-VEN sha-MU-a ben-ZA-kur
Exegesis
The verse opens with the heading ve’eleh {וְאֵ֖לֶּה | wə-ʾêl-leh} ‘and these’, introducing a list immediately specified by the possessed noun shemotam {שְׁמוֹתָ֑ם | šə-mō-ṯām} ‘their names’.
In context — Numbers 13:4
And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 13:4, so the Hebrew word וְאֵ֖לֶּה (veele) 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.13.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.4.W1.S1) and character.