Numbers 16:18:5Num.16.18.W5TAB
עֲלֵיהֶם
aleihem
“on them”
- Transliteration
- a-lei-HEM
- Extended
- ah-lei-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʕa.leˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- on them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-lei-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-NU a-lei-HEM ESH va-ya-SI-mu a-lei-HEM
- 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 repeated preposition aleihem {עֲלֵיהֶם | ʿă-lê-hem} ‘upon them’ links esh {אֵשׁ | ʾēš} ‘fire’ and ketoret {קְטֹרֶת | qe-ṭō-reṯ} ‘incense’ in a merism of cultic elements.
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 16:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:18, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶם (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.16.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.18.W5.S1) and character.