Numbers 16:17:5Num.16.17.W5TAB

עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם

aleihem

on them

Transliteration
a-lei-HEM
Extended
ah-lei-HEHM
IPA
/uːnətaˈtem/

Meaning by language

English
on them

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Result
עֲ + לֵי + הֶ֖ם
a + lei + hem
aleihem

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-lei-HEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-ne-ta-TEM a-lei-HEM

  3. clause

    u-ke-KHU ISH makh-ta-TO u-ne-ta-TEM a-lei-HEM ke-TO-ret ve-hik-rav-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ISH makh-ta-TO kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM makh-TOT ve-a-TA ve-a-ha-RON

  4. sentence

    u-ke-KHU ISH makh-ta-TO u-ne-ta-TEM a-lei-HEM ke-TO-ret ve-hik-rav-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ISH makh-ta-TO kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM makh-TOT ve-a-TA ve-a-ha-RON ISH makh-ta-TO

Exegesis

The following vav-consecutive perfect clause unettatem ʿaleihem qetoret {וּנְתַתֶּם עֲלֵיהֶם קְטֹרֶת} marks a sequence: “and you shall put incense upon them.”

In contextNumbers 16:17

Each man shall take his censer, and you shall put incense upon them, and you shall bring them before the LORD ; each man his censer—250 censers in all. You and Aaron, each man his censer .

About this coordinate

Numbers 16:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:17, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (aleihem) 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.16.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.17.W5.S1) and character.