Numbers 16:46:21Num.16.46.W21TABWLC Numbers 17:11
הַנֶּגֶף׃
hanegef
“the plague”
- Transliteration
- ha-NE-gef
- Extended
- hah-NEH-gef
- IPA
- /hanˈnɛɡɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- the plague
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-NE-gef
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-a-ha-RON KAKH et-ham-makh-TAH ve-TEN-a-lei-HA ESH me-AL-ham-miz-BE-akh ve-SIM ke-TO-ret ve-ho-LEKH me-he-RAH el-ha-e-DAH ve-ka-PEHR a-lei-HEM ki-ya-TSA ha-KE-tsef mi-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH he-khe-LAH ha-NE-gef
Exegesis
The Hifil perfect hechel {הֵחֵל | hēḥēl} ‘has begun’ with hanefeg {הַנֶּגֶף | han-nəgef̄} ‘the plague’ completes the cause–effect sequence. The translation preserves the asyndetic chain of imperatives and the link between divine wrath and ritual atonement.
Root and etymology
Rootn-g-f
“strike, plague”
In context — Numbers 16:46
And Moses said to Aaron, “Take the censer and put fire on it from the altar, add incense, and hurry to the congregation to make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out before the LORD ; the plague has begun.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:46:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Numbers 16:46, so the Hebrew word הַנֶּגֶף׃ (hanegef) 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.16.46.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.46.W21.S1) and character.