Numbers 15:38:9Num.15.38.W9TAB
עַל־כַּנְפֵ֥י
alkanfei
“on the corners of”
- Transliteration
- al-kan-FEI
- Extended
- ahl-kan-FEI
- IPA
- /ʕal.kafˈfeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the corners of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-kan-FEI
- phraseyour reading level
al-kan-FEI big-dei-HEM
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET al-kan-FEI big-dei-HEM le-do-ro-TAM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET al-kan-FEI big-dei-HEM le-do-ro-TAM ve-nat-NU al-tsi-TSET ha-ka-NAF pe-TIL te-KHE-let
Exegesis
The locative phrase al kanfei bigdeihem {עַל־כַּנְפֵי בִגְדֵיהֶ֖ם | ʿal-ka-n-pê big-dê-hem} ‘on the corners of their garments’ uses the construct chain kan-pê big-dê-hem rendered as ‘corners of their garments’.
In context — Numbers 15:38
Speak to the sons of Israel and you shall say: They shall make for themselves a tassel on the corners of their garments throughout their generations and they shall put upon the tassel of the corner a cord of blue.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:38:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 15:38, so the Hebrew word עַל־כַּנְפֵ֥י (alkanfei) 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.15.38.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.38.W9.S1) and character.