Numbers 14:36:8Num.14.36.W8TAB
עָלָיו֙
alav
“against him”
- Transliteration
- a-LAV
- Extended
- ah-LAHV
- IPA
- /ʕaˈlav/
Meaning by language
- English
- against him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-LI-nu a-LAV
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu va-ya-LI-nu a-LAV ET-KOL-ha-e-DAH le-ho-TZI di-BAH al-ha-A-retz
- sentence
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-SHA-lakh mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-ha-A-retz va-ya-SHU-vu va-ya-LI-nu a-LAV ET-KOL-ha-e-DAH le-ho-TZI di-BAH al-ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The narrative continues with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayashuvu {וַיָּשֻׁ֗בוּ | way-yā-šū-vū} ‘and they returned,’ followed by the Hiphil imperfect vayallinu {וילונו | way-yal-lî-nû} ‘and they stirred up,’ where the causative form indicates initiation of dissent and alav {עָלָיו֙ | ʿā-lāyw} ‘against him’ specifies Moses as the target.
In context — Numbers 14:36
And the men whom Moses had sent to explore the land returned and provoked all the congregation to complain against him by spreading a bad report about the land.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:36:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:36, so the Hebrew word עָלָיו֙ (alav) 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.14.36.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.36.W8.S1) and character.