Numbers 16:19:2Num.16.19.W2TAB
עַלֵיהֶם
aleihem
“against them”
- Transliteration
- a-lei-HEM
- Extended
- ah-lei-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʕa.leˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- against them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-lei-HEM
- sentence
va-yak-HEL a-lei-HEM KO-rakh et-KOL-ha-e-DAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED va-ye-RA ke-VOD-Ye-ho-VAH el-KOL-ha-e-DAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿalêhem {עֲלֵיהֶם | ʿă-lê-hem} ‘against them’ intensifies the confrontation, while the unmarked direct object marker ʾet {אֶת | ʾet} governs qāl-hā-ʿē-ḏāh {כָּל־הָעֵדָה | qāl-hā-ʿē-ḏāh} ‘all the congregation’.
In context — Numbers 16:19
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 16:19, so the Hebrew word עַלֵיהֶם (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.16.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.19.W2.S1) and character.