Numbers 16:40:18Num.16.40.W18TABWLC Numbers 17:5
כְּקֹרַח
kekorakh
“like Korah”
- Transliteration
- ke-KO-rakh
- Extended
- keh-KOH-rakh
- IPA
- /kəkoˈraχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- like Korah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-KO-rakh
- 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’.
Root and etymology
Rootqoph-resh-chet
“baldness”
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 16:40:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Numbers 16:40, so the Hebrew word כְּקֹרַח (kekorakh) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.40.W18.S1) and character.