Numbers 16:27:8Num.16.27.W8TAB
וַאֲבִירָם
vaaviram
“and Abiram”
- Transliteration
- va-a-vi-RAM
- Extended
- vah-a-vee-RAHM
- 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
- 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
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 16:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 16:27, so the Hebrew word וַאֲבִירָם (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.16.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.27.W8.S1) and character.