Numbers 16:26:11Num.16.26.W11TAB
וְאַל־תִּגְּעוּ
vealtigu
“and do not touch”
- Transliteration
- ve-AL-TIG-u
- Extended
- veh-AHL-TEEG-oo
- IPA
- /və.ʔal.tigˈguː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and do not touch
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AL-TIG-u
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER el-ha-e-DAH le-MOR SU-ru NA me-AL o-ha-LEI ha-a-na-SHIM ha-re-sha-EEM ha-e-LEH ve-AL-TIG-u be-KHOL-a-sher la-HEM pen-ti-SA-fu be-KHOL-kha-to-TAM
Exegesis
The jussive ve‘al tiggu {וְאַל־תִּגְּע֖וּ | wəʾāl tiġġāʿû} ‘and do not touch’ is limited by bekol asher lahem {בְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר לָהֶ֑ם | bəḵōl ʾăšer lāhem} ‘with anything that belongs to them.’
Root and etymology
ʾ-laleph–lamed
“mighty one”
In context — Numbers 16:26
And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Turn aside now from the tents of these wicked ones , and do not touch anything that belongs to them, lest you be swept away because of all their sins.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:26:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 16:26, so the Hebrew word וְאַל־תִּגְּעוּ (vealtigu) 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.16.26.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.26.W11.S1) and character.