Numbers 14:32:1Num.14.32.W1TAB
וּפִגְרֵיכֶ֖ם
upigrekhekhem
“but your carcasses”
- Transliteration
- u-pig-re-KHE-khem
- Extended
- oo-pig-ray-KHEH-khem
- IPA
- /u.fiɡreˈxem/
Meaning by language
- English
- but your carcasses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-pig-re-KHE-khem
- clause
u-pig-re-KHE-khem a-TEM
- sentence
u-pig-re-KHE-khem a-TEM yip-LOO ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the adversative vav in ufigreichem {וּפִגְרֵיכֶם | ū·p̄i·grê·yḵem} ‘and your corpses’, creating a stark contrast with the preceding promise.
Root and etymology
Rootp g r
“corpse”
In context — Numbers 14:32
But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness .
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:32, so the Hebrew word וּפִגְרֵיכֶ֖ם (upigrekhekhem) 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.14.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.32.W1.S1) and character.