Numbers 16:42:5Num.16.42.W5TABWLC Numbers 17:7
וְעַל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן
vealaharon
“and against Aaron”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-a-ha-RON
- Extended
- veh-ahl-ah-ha-RON
- IPA
- /vəʕalʔahaˈron/
Meaning by language
- English
- and against Aaron
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-al-a-ha-RON
- phraseyour reading level
al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON
- clause
va-ye-HI be-hi-ka-HEL ha-e-DAH al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON va-yif-NU el-O-HEL mo-ED ve-hi-NEH ki-sa-HU he-a-NAN
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-hi-ka-HEL ha-e-DAH al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON va-yif-NU el-O-HEL mo-ED ve-hi-NEH ki-sa-HU he-a-NAN va-ye-RA ke-VOD-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The paired prepositions ʿal-mōšêh {עַל־מֹשֶׁה | ʿal-mōšêh} and wə-ʿal-ʾahārōn {וְעַל־אַהֲרֹן | wə-ʿal-ʾahārōn} highlight collective opposition.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-h-r
“mountain of strength”
In context — Numbers 16:42
And it happened, as the assembly was gathering against Moses and against Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting; and behold, the cloud had covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:42:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:42, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן (vealaharon) 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.16.42.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.42.W5.S1) and character.