Numbers 16:26:12Num.16.26.W12TAB

בְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר

bekholasher

anything of theirs

Transliteration
be-KHOL-a-sher
Extended
beh-KHOL-ah-SHEHR
IPA
/bə.χol.ʔaˈʃɛr/

Meaning by language

English
anything of theirs

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + כָל + אֲ + שֶׁר
be + khol + a + sher
bekholasher

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-KHOL-a-sher

  2. 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

א־ש

fire, flame

In contextNumbers 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 16:26:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 16:26, so the Hebrew word בְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר (bekholasher) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.26.W12.S1) and character.