Numbers 16:30:3Num.16.30.W3TAB
וּפָצְתָה֙ הָאֲדָמָ֣ה
ufatstah haadamah
“and the ground opens”
- Transliteration
- u-fat-STAH ha-a-da-MAH
- Extended
- oo-faht-STAH hah-ah-da-MAH
- IPA
- /u.faʦˈtaː ha.ʔădaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the ground opens
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-fat-STAH ha-a-da-MAH
- 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
A sequence of vav-consecutive perfect verbs ūpāṣəṯāh {וּפָצְתָה | ū-pā-ṣə-ṯāh} “and it will open” and ūvālaʿāh {וּבָלְעָה | ū-vā-lə-ʿāh} “and it will swallow,” with hāʾăḏāmāh {הָאֲדָמָה | hā-ʾă-ḏā-māh} “the earth” as subject, portrays the earth’s judicial action.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-dalet-mem
“ground”
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 16:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:30, so the Hebrew word וּפָצְתָה֙ הָאֲדָמָ֣ה (ufatstah haadamah) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.30.W3.S1) and character.