Numbers 16:39:2Num.16.39.W2TABWLC Numbers 17:4

אֶלְעָזָר

elazar

Eleazar

Transliteration
el-a-ZAR
Extended
ehl-ah-ZAAR
IPA
/ʔɛl.ʕaˈzaːr/

Meaning by language

English
Eleazar

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶ + לְעָ + זָר
e + la + zar
elazar

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Zayinz as in zero
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    el-a-ZAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ET

  3. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ET makh-TOT han-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER hik-RI-vu has-se-ru-FIM va-ya-a-SUM tsi-PUY la-miz-BE-akh

Exegesis

It is followed by the proper name Eleazar {אֶלְעָזָר | ʾelʻāzār} and the appositional title ha-kōhēn {הַכֹּהֵן | ha-kōhēn} ‘the priest’, establishing the actor.

Root and etymology

ʾ-laleph–lamed

mighty one

In contextNumbers 16:39

And Eleazar the priest took the bronze firepans that the burned ones had offered, and they were hammered out as an overlay for the altar.

About this coordinate

Numbers 16:39:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 16:39, so the Hebrew word אֶלְעָזָר (elazar) 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.16.39.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.39.W2.S1) and character.