Numbers 14:29:10Num.14.29.W10TAB
וָמָ֑עְלָה
vamala
“and upward”
- Transliteration
- va-MA-la
- Extended
- vah-MA-ah-lah
- IPA
- /vaˈmaʕla/
Meaning by language
- English
- and upward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-MA-la
- clause
ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH yip-LU fig-rei-KHEM ve-KHOL-pe-ku-DEI-khem le-KHOL-mis-par-KHEM mi-BEN es-RIM sha-NA va-MA-la
- sentence
ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH yip-LU fig-rei-KHEM ve-KHOL-pe-ku-DEI-khem le-KHOL-mis-par-KHEM mi-BEN es-RIM sha-NA va-MA-la a-SHER ha-li-no-TEM a-LAI
Exegesis
The age restriction is expressed by miben esrim shanah vamaalah {מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמָעְלָה | mi-bén ʿe-sᵊ-rîm šā-nāh vā-ma‘-lā} ‘from twenty years and upward,’ reflecting Mosaic census criteria.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-lamed-heh
“to go up, ascend”
In context — Numbers 14:29
In this wilderness your corpses will fall—every one of your counted ones, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against Me .
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:29:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 14:29, so the Hebrew word וָמָ֑עְלָה (vamala) 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.14.29.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.29.W10.S1) and character.