Numbers 16:17:7Num.16.17.W7TAB
וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֣ם
vehikravtem
“and bring near”
- Transliteration
- ve-hik-rav-TEM
- Extended
- veh-hik-rahv-TEM
- IPA
- /qəˈtoːrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and bring near
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ve-hik-rav-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
ke-TO-ret ve-hik-rav-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ISH
- 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
- 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 Hifil perfect clause vehikravatem lifnei YHWH {וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה} conveys causative “bring near” to create a purposeful presentation before the divine name Yəhôwâ.
Root and etymology
q-r-bqof-resh-bet
“to come near, approach”
In context — Numbers 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 16:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 16:17, so the Hebrew word וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֣ם (vehikravtem) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.17.W7.S1) and character.