Numbers 16:10:7Num.16.10.W7TAB
גַּם־כְּהֻנָּֽה׃
gamkehunah
“also the priesthood?”
- Transliteration
- GAM-ke-hu-NAH
- Extended
- GAHM-keh-hu-NAH
- IPA
- /ˈɡam.kəhuˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- also the priesthood?
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
GAM-ke-hu-NAH
- 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.
Root and etymology
RootKaf-Heh-Nun
“priestly office”
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 16:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 16:10, so the Hebrew word גַּם־כְּהֻנָּֽה׃ (gamkehunah) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.10.W7.S1) and character.