Numbers 16:12:7Num.16.12.W7TAB
אֱלִיאָ֖ב
eliav
“Eliab”
- Transliteration
- e-li-AV
- Extended
- eh-lee-AAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛliˈʔav/
Meaning by language
- English
- Eliab
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-li-AV
- phraseyour reading level
be-NEI e-li-AV
- clause
be-NEI e-li-AV va-yo-mru LO na-a-LEH
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH lik-RO le-da-TAN u-la-a-vi-RAM be-NEI e-li-AV va-yo-mru LO na-a-LEH
Exegesis
The construct chain be-nei eliab {בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב | bə-nē ʾělîʾāḇ} ‘sons of Eliab’ establishes lineage.
Root and etymology
ʾ-laleph–lamed
“mighty one”
In context — Numbers 16:12
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not go up .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 16:12, so the Hebrew word אֱלִיאָ֖ב (eliav) 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.16.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.12.W7.S1) and character.