Numbers 16:26:7Num.16.26.W7TAB
אֹהֲלֵי
ohalei
“the tents of”
- Transliteration
- o-ha-LEI
- Extended
- oh-hah-LEI
- IPA
- /ʔo.haˈlej/
Meaning by language
- English
- the tents of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
o-ha-LEI
- 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
Me‘al ohaley {מֵעַל אָהֳלֵ֨י | mēʿal ʾōhōlê} ‘from upon tents of’ establishes spatial separation.
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 16:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 16:26, so the Hebrew word אֹהֲלֵי (ohalei) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.26.W7.S1) and character.