Numbers 14:2:8Num.14.2.W8TAB
אֲלֵהֶ֜ם
alehem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-HEM
- IPA
- /ʔăleˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
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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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Word in context
- word
a-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MRU a-le-HEM
- clause
va-yo-MRU a-le-HEM KOL-ha-e-DAH lu-MAT-nu be-E-retz mits-RA-yim OH ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH lu-MAT-nu
- sentence
va-yil-LO-nu al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON KOL be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yo-MRU a-le-HEM KOL-ha-e-DAH lu-MAT-nu be-E-retz mits-RA-yim OH ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH lu-MAT-nu
Exegesis
The vav consecutive with vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | way·yō·mər·û} links the people’s speech clause, alehem {אֲלֵהֶם | ʾă·lē·hem}, to the grumbling.
In context — Numbers 14:2
And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:2, so the Hebrew word אֲלֵהֶ֜ם (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.14.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.2.W8.S1) and character.