Numbers 16:42:7Num.16.42.W7TABWLC Numbers 17:7
אֶל־אֹהֶל
elohel
“toward the tent”
- Transliteration
- el-O-HEL
- Extended
- ehl-OH-hehl
- IPA
- /ʔelˈʔohel/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the tent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-O-HEL
- phraseyour reading level
el-O-HEL mo-ED
- 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
Wayyippənū {וַיִּפְנוּ | wayyippənū} ‘and they turned’ shifts focus toward ʾel-ʾōheyl mōʿēd {אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד | ʾel-ʾōheyl mōʿēd} ‘toward the tent of meeting.’
Root and etymology
ʾ-laleph–lamed
“mighty one”
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 16:42:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 16:42, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֹהֶל (elohel) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.42.W7.S1) and character.