Numbers 16:30:5Num.16.30.W5TAB
וּבָלְעָה אֹתָם֙
uvalah otam
“and swallows them”
- Transliteration
- u-val-AH o-TAM
- Extended
- oo-val-AH oh-TAAM
- IPA
- /u.valˈʕaː ʔoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and swallows them
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-val-AH o-TAM
- 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.
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.
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 16:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:30, so the Hebrew word וּבָלְעָה אֹתָם֙ (uvalah otam) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.30.W5.S1) and character.