Numbers 14:30:11Num.14.30.W11TAB
אִם־כָּלֵ֣ב
imkalev
“except Caleb”
- Transliteration
- IM-ka-LEV
- Extended
- IHM-kaa-LEV
- IPA
- /ʔim-kaˈlev/
Meaning by language
- English
- except Caleb
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
IM-ka-LEV
- phraseyour reading level
IM-ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH
- clause
KI IM-ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH vi-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN
- sentence
IM-a-TEM ta-VO-u el-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-sa-TI et-ya-DI le-sha-KEN et-KHEM BAH KI IM-ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH vi-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the adversative ki im {כִּי אִם | kî ʾim} introducing the exclusion “but except,” reversing the expected protasis of im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if.’
Root and etymology
k-l-ḇkaf–lamed–bet
“dog, devoted one”
In context — Numbers 14:30
Not one of you shall enter the land that I lifted up My hand to settle you in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:30:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 14:30, so the Hebrew word אִם־כָּלֵ֣ב (imkalev) 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.14.30.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.30.W11.S1) and character.