Numbers 16:21:1Num.16.21.W1TAB
הִבָּדְלוּ
hibadloo
“Separate yourselves”
- Transliteration
- hi-bad-LOO
- Extended
- hee-baad-LOO
- IPA
- /hib.baːdˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Separate yourselves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-bad-LOO
- sentence
hi-bad-LOO mi-TOHKH ha-ey-DAH ha-ZOT va-a-kha-LEH o-TAM ke-ra-GA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Niphal imperative hibbādlû {הִבָּ֣דְל֔וּ | hibbādlû} ‘separate yourselves’, issuing an urgent communal command.
Root and etymology
b-d-lBet-Dalet-Lamed
“to separate”
In context — Numbers 16:21
Separate yourselves from among this assembly, and I will consume them in an instant .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:21, so the Hebrew word הִבָּדְלוּ (hibadloo) 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.16.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.21.W1.S1) and character.