Numbers 14:9:3Num.14.9.W3TAB
אַל־תִּמְרֹדוּ֒
altimredu
“do not rebel”
- Transliteration
- al-tim-RE-du
- Extended
- ahl-teem-REH-doo
- IPA
- /ʔal.timˈrɛdu/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not rebel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-tim-RE-du
- clause
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
- 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 jussive-imperative ʾal-timrōdū {אַל־תִּמְרֹדוּ | ʾal-timrōdū} ‘do not rebel’ sets the first command, linked by wə-ʾattēm {וְאַתֶּם | wə-ʾattēm} ‘and you’ to the parallel command ʾal-tirʾū {אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ | ʾal-tirʾū} ‘do not fear.’
Root and etymology
“to rebel or resist”
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 14:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 14:9, so the Hebrew word אַל־תִּמְרֹדוּ֒ (altimredu) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.9.W3.S1) and character.