Numbers 16:49:10Num.16.49.W10TABWLC Numbers 17:14
עַל־דְּבַ֥ר
aldevar
“on account of”
- Transliteration
- al-de-VAR
- Extended
- ahl-de-VAHR
- IPA
- /ʕal dəˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- on account of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-de-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
al-de-VAR KO-rakh
- sentence
va-yih-YU ha-me-TIM ba-ma-ge-FAH ar-ba-AH a-SAR e-LEF u-she-VA ME-ot mil-VAD ha-me-TIM al-de-VAR KO-rakh
Exegesis
The exclusion mil·lĕ·băd {מִלְּבַד | mil·lĕ·băd} ‘apart from’ is repeated with hammêthîm {הַמֵּתִים | hammêthîm} ‘the dead’ and followed by al də·ḇār qô·raḥ {עַל־דְּבַר־קֹרַח | ‘al də·ḇār qô·raḥ} ‘on account of the matter of Korah’, solidifying the exclusion. This structure foregrounds the plague’s overwhelming death toll before specifying the separate casualties linked to Korah’s uprising.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet-bet-resh
“word, matter, thing”
In context — Numbers 16:49
And those who died in the plague were 14,700 , apart from those who died over the matter of Korah .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:49:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 16:49, so the Hebrew word עַל־דְּבַ֥ר (aldevar) 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.16.49.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.49.W10.S1) and character.