Numbers 16:48:3Num.16.48.W3TABWLC Numbers 17:13
הַמֵּתִ֖ים
hametim
“the dead”
- Transliteration
- ha-me-TIM
- Extended
- hah-meh-TEEM
- IPA
- /ham.meːˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the dead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-me-TIM
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD BEIN ha-me-TIM u-BEIN ha-kha-YIM
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD BEIN ha-me-TIM u-BEIN ha-kha-YIM va-te-a-TSAR ha-ma-ge-FA
Exegesis
The paired prepositions bein...ubein {בֵּין...וּבֵין | bêyn...û-bêyn} ‘between...and between’ establish a clear spatial and existential boundary between hametim {הַמֵּתִים | hā-mê-tîm} ‘the dead’ and hachayyim {הַחַיִּים | ha-ḥa-yîm} ‘the living,’ highlighting mediation.
Root and etymology
Rootm-w-t
“to die”
In context — Numbers 16:48
And he stood between the dead and between the living, and the plague was halted.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:48:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:48, so the Hebrew word הַמֵּתִ֖ים (hametim) 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.16.48.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.48.W3.S1) and character.