Numbers 16:20:4Num.16.20.W4TAB
וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹ֖ן
veelaharon
“and to Aaron”
- Transliteration
- ve-el-a-ha-RON
- Extended
- veh-EHL-ah-ha-RON
- IPA
- /və.ʔɛl.ʔaħaˈron/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to Aaron
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-el-a-ha-RON
- phraseyour reading level
el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON le-MOR
Exegesis
The coordinated prepositional phrases el Mosheh {אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה | ʾel mō-šeh} ‘to Moses’ and ve'el Aharon {וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹ֖ן | wə-ʾel a-hā-rôn} ‘and to Aaron’ mark the joint recipients via the conjunction vav.
Root and etymology
ʾ-laleph–lamed
“mighty one”
In context — Numbers 16:20
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 16:20, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹ֖ן (veelaharon) 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.16.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.20.W4.S1) and character.