Numbers 16:21:5Num.16.21.W5TAB
וְאַכַלֶּה
vaakhaleh
“that I may consume”
- Transliteration
- va-a-kha-LEH
- Extended
- vah-a-kha-LEH
- IPA
- /va.ʔa.xalˈle/
Meaning by language
- English
- that I may consume
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-kha-LEH
- sentence
hi-bad-LOO mi-TOHKH ha-ey-DAH ha-ZOT va-a-kha-LEH o-TAM ke-ra-GA
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive plus Piel imperfect vaʾakkalleh {וַאַכַלֶּ֥ה | vaʾakkalleh} ‘and I will consume’ introduces divine action as the immediate outcome of disobedience.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-kaf-lamed
“to eat, consume, destroy”
In context — Numbers 16:21
Separate yourselves from among this assembly, and I will consume them in an instant .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:21, so the Hebrew word וְאַכַלֶּה (vaakhaleh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.21.W5.S1) and character.