Numbers 16:48:7Num.16.48.W7TABWLC Numbers 17:13
הַמַּגֵּפָֽה׃
hamagefa
“the plague”
- Transliteration
- ha-ma-ge-FA
- Extended
- hah-mah-geh-FAH
- IPA
- /ham.mag.geˈfaː/
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ma-ge-FA
- clause
va-te-a-TSAR ha-ma-ge-FA
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD BEIN ha-me-TIM u-BEIN ha-kha-YIM va-te-a-TSAR ha-ma-ge-FA
Exegesis
The Nifal form of vatte'atzar indicates a stative or passive event for hammappegah {הַמַּגֵּפָה | hā-ma-ggê-p̄â} ‘the plague,’ which is rendered in the target language as a halted or stopped event to preserve the passive nuance. The sustained “between…and between” in the English ensures the Hebrew structural emphasis and theological import are maintained.
Root and etymology
Rootn-g-p
“to strike, plague”
In context — Numbers 16:48
And he stood between the dead and between the living, and the plague was halted.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:48:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 16:48, so the Hebrew word הַמַּגֵּפָֽה׃ (hamagefa) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.48.W7.S1) and character.