Numbers 16:27:2Num.16.27.W2TAB
מֵעַל
meal
“from around”
- Transliteration
- me-AL
- Extended
- meh-AHL
- IPA
- /meˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- from around
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
me-AL
- sentence
va-yi-a-LU me-AL mish-KAN-KO-reakh da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM mi-sa-VIV ve-da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM yats-U ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh a-ho-le-HEM u-ne-she-HEM u-ve-ne-HEM ve-ta-PAM
Exegesis
The construct chain me‛al mishkān-qōre’aḥ {מֵעַל מִשְׁכַּן־קֹ֛רֶח | mē‛al miškān-qōre’aḥ} ‘from above the tent of Korah’ links the spatial preposition to a compound proper noun. The repetition of Dāṯān wa-’ăḇîrām emphasizes narrative focus through double naming.
In context — Numbers 16:27
So they withdrew from around the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram went out and stood at the entrance of their tents with their wives and their sons and their little ones.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 16:27, so the Hebrew word מֵעַל (meal) 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.16.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.27.W2.S1) and character.