Numbers 16:33:8Num.16.33.W8TAB

עֲלֵיהֶם

aleihem

over them

Transliteration
a-lei-HEM
Extended
ah-lei-HEHM
IPA
/ʕăleːˈhɛm/

Meaning by language

English
over them

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Result
עֲ + לֵי + הֶם
a + lei + hem
aleihem

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-lei-HEM

  2. sentence

    va-yer-DU HEM ve-KOL-a-SHER la-HEM kha-YIM she-o-LAH va-te-KHAS a-lei-HEM ha-A-retz va-yo-ev-DU mi-TOHKH ha-ka-HAL

In contextNumbers 16:33

And they went down, they and all that belonged to them, alive into Sheol ; and the earth covered them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

About this coordinate

Numbers 16:33:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 16:33, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶם (aleihem) 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.16.33.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.33.W8.S1) and character.