Numbers 16:11:5Num.16.11.W5TAB
עַל־יְהוָה
alyehovah
“against the LORD”
- Transliteration
- al-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- al-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʕal.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the LORD
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
la-KHEN a-TAH ve-KHOL-a-daT-KHA ha-no-a-DIM al-ye-ho-VAH ve-a-ha-RON mah-HU ki-ta-LI-nu a-LAV
Exegesis
The Nifal participle hanoadim {הַנֹּעָדִים | han-nō-ʿā-dîm} forms a relative clause that specifies active opposition, governed by the preposition al {עַל- | ʿal} before the divine name YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}.
Root and etymology
Rootheh-vav-heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — Numbers 16:11
Therefore you and all your congregation who have assembled against the LORD —what is Aaron that you grumble against him?
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:11, so the Hebrew word עַל־יְהוָה (alyehovah) 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.16.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.11.W5.S1) and character.