Numbers 16:1:2Num.16.1.W2TAB

קֹ֔רַח

korakh

Korah

Transliteration
KO-rakh
Extended
KOH-rakh
IPA
/ˈkoːraħ/

Meaning by language

English
Korah

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Result
קֹ֔ + רַח
ko + rakh
korakh

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    KO-rakh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-KAKH KO-rakh

  3. clause

    va-yi-KAKH KO-rakh ben-YITS-har

  4. sentence

    va-yi-KAKH KO-rakh ben-YITS-har ben-ke-HAT ben-le-VI ve-da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM be-NEI e-li-AV ve-ON ben-PE-let be-NEI re-u-VEN

Exegesis

The proper noun Korach {קֹ֔רַח | Qōraḥ} ‘Korah’ is fronted as the principal actor, followed by a trisindetic construct chain in ben-yitzhar {בֶּן־יִצְהָ֥ר | ben-yīṣhār} ‘son of Izhar’, ben-qehat {בֶּן־קְהָ֖ת | ben-qəhāṯ} ‘son of Kohath’, and ben-lewi {בֶּן־לֵוִ֑י | ben-lēwī} ‘son of Levi’.

Root and etymology

Rootqoph-resh-chet

baldness

In contextNumbers 16:1

Now Korah , son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On, son of Pelet, of the tribe of Reuben , took men.

About this coordinate

Numbers 16:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 16:1, so the Hebrew word קֹ֔רַח (korakh) 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.16.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.1.W2.S1) and character.