Numbers 16:24:5Num.16.24.W5TAB

מִסָּבִיב

misaviv

from around

Transliteration
mi-sa-VIV
Extended
mih-saa-VEEV
IPA
/mis.saˈviːv/

Meaning by language

English
from around

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Result
מִ + סָּ + בִיב
mi + sa + viv
misaviv

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Samekhs as in sit
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    mi-sa-VIV

  2. clause

    he-a-LU mi-sa-VIV le-mish-KAN-KO-rakh da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM

  3. sentence

    da-BER el-ha-e-DAH le-MOR he-a-LU mi-sa-VIV le-mish-KAN-KO-rakh da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM

Exegesis

The adverbial misābîv {מִסָּבִיב | mi·sā·bîv} ‘from around’ denotes spatial separation, emphasizing necessary distance.

In contextNumbers 16:24

Speak to the congregation and say, “Withdraw from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 16:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:24, so the Hebrew word מִסָּבִיב (misaviv) 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.16.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.24.W5.S1) and character.