Numbers 14:42:9Num.14.42.W9TAB
אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃
oivekhem
“your enemies”
- Transliteration
- oi-ve-KHEM
- Extended
- oi-veh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /ʔoj.vɛˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your enemies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
oi-ve-KHEM
- clause
ve-LO ti-na-GFU lif-NEI oi-ve-KHEM
- sentence
al-TA-a-lu ki EIN Ye-ho-VAH be-kir-be-KHEM ve-LO ti-na-GFU lif-NEI oi-ve-KHEM
Exegesis
The coordinating we-lo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’ introduces the result clause with the Niphal imperfect tinagefu {תִּנָּ֣גְפ֔וּ | tin-nā-gə-pû} and its object lifnei oyvekhem {לִפְנֵ֖י אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם | lif-nê ʾōy-vê-khem} ‘before your enemies’. The structure prohibition → divine absence → consequence underscores the warning logic, which the English reflects through the ‘lest’ purpose clause in the formal version and the ‘so that you are not’ clause in the dynamic version.
In context — Numbers 14:42
Do not go up, because the LORD is not among you , lest you be struck down before your enemies.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:42:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 14:42, so the Hebrew word אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃ (oivekhem) 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.14.42.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.42.W9.S1) and character.