Numbers 16:40:17Num.16.40.W17TABWLC Numbers 17:5
וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה
veloyihye
“so that he does not become”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-yih-YE
- Extended
- veh-LOH-yih-YEH
- IPA
- /vəloː.jihˈje/
Meaning by language
- English
- so that he does not become
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-yih-YE
- sentence
zik-ka-RON liv-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MA-an a-SHER lo-yik-RAV ISH ZAR a-SHER lo-miz-ZE-ra a-ha-RON HU le-hak-TIR ke-to-RET lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ve-lo-yih-YE ke-KO-rakh ve-ka-a-da-TO ka-a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-Mo-sheh LO
Exegesis
A result clause with ve-lo-yihyeh {וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה | wə-lō-yih-yēh} ‘and he will not be’ leads into the comparative kekorach {כְּקֹרַח | kə-kô-raḥ} ‘like Korah’ and ve-ka’adato {וְכַעֲדָתוֹ | wə-ḵa-ʿă-ḏā-tō} ‘and his assembly’.
In context — Numbers 16:40
As a memorial for the sons of Israel, so that no outsider who is not of Aaron’s seed may approach to offer incense before the LORD and thus become like Korah and his assembly, as the LORD said by the hand of Moses.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:40:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 16:40, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה (veloyihye) 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.16.40.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.40.W17.S1) and character.