Numbers 16:3:6Num.16.3.W6TAB
רַב־לָכֶם
ravlakhem
“you have gone too far”
- Transliteration
- rav-la-KHEM
- Extended
- rahv-lah-KHEHM
- IPA
- /rav.laˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- you have gone too far
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
rav-la-KHEM
- 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 expression rav lakhem {רַב־לָכֶם | rav lāḵēm} ‘it is too much for you’ uses an adjective with a second person plural suffix to convey reproach.
Root and etymology
r-b-br-b-b
“much, many, great”
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 16:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 16:3, so the Hebrew word רַב־לָכֶם (ravlakhem) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.3.W6.S1) and character.