Numbers 14:24:3Num.14.24.W3TAB
עֵ֣קֶב
ekev
“because”
- Transliteration
- E-kev
- Extended
- EH-kehv
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːkɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
E-kev
- phraseyour reading level
E-kev ha-ye-TAH
- clause
ve-av-DI ka-LEV E-kev ha-ye-TAH RU-akh a-KHE-ret im-MO va-ye-mal-LE a-kha-RAI
- sentence
ve-av-DI ka-LEV E-kev ha-ye-TAH RU-akh a-KHE-ret im-MO va-ye-mal-LE a-kha-RAI va-ha-vi-o-TIV el-ha-A-retz a-SHER-BA sha-MAH ve-zar-O yo-ri-she-NAH
Exegesis
The causal preposition ekev {עֵקֶב | ʿê-qeḇ} ‘because’ introduces the reason clause, underscoring ruach acheret {רוּחַ אַחֶרֶת | rū-ạ-ḥ ʾă-ḥe-ret} ‘another spirit,’ where the feminine noun–adjective pairing highlights an internal disposition.
In context — Numbers 14:24
But my servant Caleb, because there was another spirit with him and he fully followed Me, I will bring him into the land that he came to, and his descendants will inherit it.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 14:24, so the Hebrew word עֵ֣קֶב (ekev) 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.14.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.24.W3.S1) and character.