Numbers 16:34:3Num.16.34.W3TAB
סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם
sevivotehem
“who were around them”
- Transliteration
- se-vi-vo-TE-hem
- Extended
- seh-vee-voh-TEH-hem
- IPA
- /səviv.oːˈteːhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- who were around them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
se-vi-vo-TE-hem
- sentence
ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER se-vi-vo-TE-hem na-SU le-ko-LAM KI am-RU pen-niv-la-E-nu ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’ attaches to Israel, and the construct phrase sevivoteyhem {סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם | sə-ḇî-ḇōṯ-hēm} ‘surrounding them’ specifies proximity.
In context — Numbers 16:34
All Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:34, so the Hebrew word סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם (sevivotehem) 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.16.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.34.W3.S1) and character.