Numbers 16:25:5Num.16.25.W5TAB
וַאֲבִירָ֖ם
vaaviram
“and Abiram”
- Transliteration
- va-a-vi-RAM
- Extended
- vah-a-vee-RAAM
- IPA
- /va.ʔa.viˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Abiram
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-vi-RAM
- clause
va-ya-KAM mo-SHEH va-ye-LEKH el-da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM va-ye-le-KHU a-kha-RAV
- sentence
va-ya-KAM mo-SHEH va-ye-LEKH el-da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM va-ye-le-KHU a-kha-RAV zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʾel-Dāṯān wa-ʾăḇîrām {אֶל־דָּתָן וַאֲבִירָם | ʾel-dā-ṯān wa-ʾă-ḇî-rām} sets the destination to key dissenters.
In context — Numbers 16:25
And Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel went after him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:25, so the Hebrew word וַאֲבִירָ֖ם (vaaviram) 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.16.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.25.W5.S1) and character.