Numbers 16:10:6Num.16.10.W6TAB
וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם
uvikashtem
“and do you seek”
- Transliteration
- u-vi-KASH-tem
- Extended
- oo-vi-KASH-tehm
- IPA
- /uvikˈkaʃ.tem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and do you seek
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-vi-KASH-tem
- clause
it-AKH u-vi-KASH-tem GAM-ke-hu-NAH
- sentence
va-yik-REV ot-KHA ve-ET-KOL-a-KHEI-kha be-NEI-LE-vi it-AKH u-vi-KASH-tem GAM-ke-hu-NAH
Exegesis
The conjunction u- plus bikkashtem {בִקַּשְׁתֶּם | bik-kaš-tēm} ‘you sought’ introduces a contrasting clause, and the particle gam {גַּם־ | gam} signals escalation before kehunnah {כְּהֻנָּֽה | kə-hun-nāh} ‘priesthood’. This structure highlights the shift from privilege already granted to overreaching ambition, mirrored in English by linking two balanced clauses.
In context — Numbers 16:10
And He has brought you near, together with all your brothers the sons of Levi, but you seek the priesthood also.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 16:10, so the Hebrew word וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם (uvikashtem) 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.16.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.10.W6.S1) and character.