Numbers 16:34:5Num.16.34.W5TAB
לְקֹלָם
lekolam
“at their cry”
- Transliteration
- le-ko-LAM
- Extended
- leh-koh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ləkolaˈm/
Meaning by language
- English
- at their cry
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-ko-LAM
- 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 perfect verb nasu {נָסוּ | nāsû} ‘fled’ indicates completed action, catalyzed by lekolam {לְקֹלָם | lə-qō-lām} ‘at their voice.’
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 16:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:34, so the Hebrew word לְקֹלָם (lekolam) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.34.W5.S1) and character.