Numbers 14:9:13Num.14.9.W13TAB
מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֛ם
mealehem
“from over them”
- Transliteration
- me-a-le-HEM
- Extended
- meh-ah-leh-HEHM
- IPA
- /me.ʕa.leˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from over them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
me-a-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
SAR tsil-LAM me-a-le-HEM
- clause
SAR tsil-LAM me-a-le-HEM va-ye-ho-VAH it-TA-nu al-ti-ra-UM
- sentence
AKH ba-ye-ho-VAH al-tim-RE-du ve-a-TEM al-ti-RE-u et-AM ha-A-retz KI lakh-ME-nu HEM SAR tsil-LAM me-a-le-HEM va-ye-ho-VAH it-TA-nu al-ti-ra-UM
Exegesis
The perfect verb sār {סָר | sār} with tsillam me-aleihem {צִלָּם מֵעֲלֵיהֶם | ṣillām mē-ʿālēhem} conveys the removal of protection.
In context — Numbers 14:9
Surely, do not rebel against the LORD , and do not fear the people of the land, for they are our bread . Their shadow has departed from over them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 14:9, so the Hebrew word מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֛ם (mealehem) 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.14.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.9.W13.S1) and character.