Numbers 16:40:23Num.16.40.W23TABWLC Numbers 17:5
בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה
beyadmosheh
“by the hand of Moses”
- Transliteration
- be-YAD-Mo-sheh
- Extended
- beh-YAHD-MOH-sheh
- IPA
- /bəjadˈmoːʃeh/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the hand of Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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
be-YAD-Mo-sheh
- 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
The concluding ka’asher diber YHWH be-yad-moshe lo {כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה לוֹ | ka-ʾă-šer dib-bēr Yə-hō-wāh bə-yad-mo-šē lō} ‘just as the LORD spoke by the hand of Moses to him’ attributes instruction to divine authority through Moses. Hebrew purpose/result infinitives, relative clauses, and construct chains have been rendered to preserve theological nuance and clarity.
Root and etymology
m-š-hmem-shin-heh
“to draw out”
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 16:40:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Numbers 16:40, so the Hebrew word בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה (beyadmosheh) 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.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.40.W23.S1) and character.