Numbers 16:32:10Num.16.32.W10TAB

לְקֹרַח

lekorakh

belonged to Korah

Transliteration
le-KO-rakh
Extended
leh-KOH-rakh
IPA
/ləˈqoraħ/

Meaning by language

English
belonged to Korah

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Result
לְ + קֹ + רַח
le + ko + rakh
lekorakh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-KO-rakh

  2. sentence

    va-tif-TAKH ha-A-retz et-PI-ha va-tiv-LA o-TAM ve-ET-bei-TAM ve-ET kol-ha-a-DAM a-SHER le-KO-rakh ve-ET kol-ha-re-KHUSH

Exegesis

The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾăšer} links “all the people” to Korah {קֹרַח | qorāḥ}, emphasizing the identity of those judged. The accumulation of objects with each vav heightens the totality of the judgment invoked by the earth’s personification.

Root and etymology

Rootqoph-resh-chet

baldness

In contextNumbers 16:32

And the earth opened its mouth , and swallowed them, and their houses , and all the people who belonged to Korah, and all the possessions.

About this coordinate

Numbers 16:32:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 16:32, so the Hebrew word לְקֹרַח (lekorakh) 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.16.32.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.32.W10.S1) and character.