Numbers 16:40:6Num.16.40.W6TABWLC Numbers 17:5
לֹא־יִקְרַב
loyikrav
“will not draw near”
- Transliteration
- lo-yik-RAV
- Extended
- LOH-yihk-RAHV
- IPA
- /loː.jiqˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- will not draw near
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-yik-RAV
- 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 purpose clause introduced by lema’an {לְמַעַן | lə-ma-ʿān} ‘so that’ governs the relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’ plus the jussive-negative lo-yikrav {לֹא־יִקְרַב | lō-yik-rāv} ‘may not approach’, delineating the prohibited actor.
Root and etymology
r-b-br-b-b
“much, many, great”
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 16:40:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 16:40, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יִקְרַב (loyikrav) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.40.W6.S1) and character.