Numbers 16:30:7Num.16.30.W7TAB

וְיָרְד֥וּ חַיִּ֖ים שְׁאֹ֑לָה

veyordu khayim sheola

“and they go down alive to Sheol”

Transliteration: ve-yor-DU kha-YIM she-O-la
Extended: veh-yor-DOO kha-YEEM sheh-OH-lah
IPA: /vəjarˈduː ħajˈjiːm ʃəˈʔoːlaː/

Meaning by language

English: and they go down alive to Sheol

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְיָ + רְד֥וּ + חַ + יִּ֖י + םשְׁאֹ֑ + לָה

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ve + yor + du kha + yim she + o + la

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veyordu khayim sheola

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Dalet	d as in door
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Chet	ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Lamed	l as in law
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-yor-DU kha-YIM she-O-la
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 phrase wə-yārəḏū ḥay-yîm šeʾôlāh {וְיָרְדוּ חַיִּים שְׁאֹלָה | wə-yā-rə-ḏū ḥay-yîm še-ʾō-lāh} “and they will go down alive to Sheol” employs the directional he to express motion into the underworld.

Root and etymology

š-ʾ-l

“the underworld, place of the dead”

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 16:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 16:30, so the Hebrew word וְיָרְד֥וּ חַיִּ֖ים שְׁאֹ֑לָה (veyordu khayim sheola) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.30.W7.S1) and character.

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