Numbers 16:49:2Num.16.49.W2TABWLC Numbers 17:14
הַמֵּתִים֙
hametim
“the dead”
- Transliteration
- ha-me-TIM
- Extended
- hah-meh-TEEM
- IPA
- /ham.meˈtiːm/
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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Word in context
- word
ha-me-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU ha-me-TIM
- 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 narrative continuity is marked by the vav-consecutive vaihyu {וַיִּהְיוּ | wayyihyû} ‘and they were’, introducing the subject hametim {הַמֵּתִים | hammêthîm} ‘the dead’.
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
m-w-tmem-waw-tav
“to die, be dead”
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 16:49:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 16:49, so the Hebrew word הַמֵּתִים֙ (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.16.49.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.49.W2.S1) and character.