Numbers 16:30:4Num.16.30.W4TAB
אֶת־פִּיהָ֔
etpiha
“its mouth”
- Transliteration
- et-PI-ha
- Extended
- EET-PEE-hah
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.piːˈhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- its mouth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
et-PI-ha
- 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
Direct object markers ʾēṯ {אֶת־ | ʾēṯ} mark both pîhā {פִּיהָ | pî-hā} “its mouth” and ʾōṯām {אֹתָם | ʾō-ṭā-m} “them,” while the relative clause wə-ʾēṯ-kol-ʾăšer-lā-hem {וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר לָהֶם | wə-ʾēṯ kol ʾă-šer lā-hem} “and all that belongs to them” indicates total inclusion.
Root and etymology
Rootp-h
“mouth”
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 16:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 16:30, so the Hebrew word אֶת־פִּיהָ֔ (etpiha) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.30.W4.S1) and character.