Numbers 16:18:11Num.16.18.W11TAB
פֶּ֣תַח
petakh
“at the entrance”
- Transliteration
- PE-takh
- Extended
- PEH-takh
- IPA
- /ˈpɛtaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the entrance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
PE-takh
- phraseyour reading level
PE-takh O-hel
- sentence
va-yik-KHU ISH makh-ta-TO va-yit-NU a-lei-HEM ESH va-ya-SI-mu a-lei-HEM ke-TO-ret va-ya-AM-du PE-takh O-hel mo-ED u-mo-SHE ve-a-ha-RON
Exegesis
The construct chain petach ohel moed {פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד | pê-ṭaḥ ʼō-hel mō-ʿêd} ‘entrance tent meeting’ marks the threshold of the sacred tent, and the conjunction uMoshe {וּמֹשֶׁה | ū-Mō-šê} ‘and Moses’ with weAharon {וְאַהֲרֹן | wə-ʾa-ha-rōn} ‘and Aaron’ ties the community action to priestly leadership.
Root and etymology
pe-tet-chetpeh-tet-chet
“opening, entrance”
In context — Numbers 16:18
And each man took his censer and put fire upon it, and placed incense upon it, and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 16:18, so the Hebrew word פֶּ֣תַח (petakh) 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.16.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.18.W11.S1) and character.