Numbers 16:3:1Num.16.3.W1TAB
וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ
vayikahalu
“and they assembled themselves”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-ka-ha-LU
- Extended
- vah-yik-ka-ha-LOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ji.qa.haˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they assembled themselves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-ka-ha-LU
- sentence
va-yi-ka-ha-LU al-mo-SHEH ve-al-a-ha-RON va-yo-me-RU a-le-HEM rav-la-KHEM ki-kol-ha-e-DAH ku-LAM ke-do-SHIM u-ve-to-KHAM Ye-ho-VAH u-mad-DU-a tit-na-SE-u al-ke-HAL Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the Vav-consecutive wayyiqqahallu {וַיִּקָּהֲל֞וּ | wayyiqqăhăllu} ‘and they assembled,’ introducing a challenge to leadership.
Root and etymology
q-h-lq-h-l
“to assemble, gather”
In context — Numbers 16:3
And they assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and they said to them, “It is too much for you! For all the assembly, all of them, are holy, and in their midst is the LORD . Why then do you exalt yourselves over the LORD’s assembly ?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ (vayikahalu) 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.16.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.3.W1.S1) and character.