Numbers 16:30:2Num.16.30.W2TAB
יִבְרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֔ים
yivra elohim
“the LORD creates”
- Transliteration
- yiv-RA e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- yiv-RAA eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /jivˈraː ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the LORD creates
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yiv-RA e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-IM-be-ri-AH yiv-RA e-lo-HIM
- clause
ve-IM-be-ri-AH yiv-RA e-lo-HIM u-fat-STAH ha-a-da-MAH et-PI-ha u-val-AH o-TAM ve-ET kol-a-SHER la-HEM ve-yor-DU kha-YIM she-O-la
- sentence
ve-IM-be-ri-AH yiv-RA e-lo-HIM u-fat-STAH ha-a-da-MAH et-PI-ha u-val-AH o-TAM ve-ET kol-a-SHER la-HEM ve-yor-DU kha-YIM she-O-la vi-da-TEM ki-ni-a-TSU ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le et-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The noun bərîʾāh {בְּרִיאָה | bə-rî-ʾāh} “a creation” with the Qal imperfect yivra {יִבְרָא | yi-vrāʾ} “he will create” highlights divine initiative, and the subject YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh} underscores sovereign agency.
Root and etymology
ʾ-laleph–lamed
“mighty one”
In context — Numbers 16:30
But if the LORD creates a new thing , and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 16:30, so the Hebrew word יִבְרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֔ים (yivra elohim) 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.16.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.30.W2.S1) and character.