Numbers 16:49:3Num.16.49.W3TABWLC Numbers 17:14
בַּמַּגֵּפָ֔ה
bamagefah
“in the plague”
- Transliteration
- ba-ma-ge-FAH
- Extended
- bah-mah-geh-FAH
- IPA
- /bam.maɡeˈfaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the plague
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-ma-ge-FAH
- 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 locative phrase bammaggēpâh {בַּמַּגֵּפָה | bammaggēpâh} ‘in the plague’ establishes context.
Root and etymology
n-g-pnun-gimel-pe
“to strike, plague”
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 16:49:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:49, so the Hebrew word בַּמַּגֵּפָ֔ה (bamagefah) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.49.W3.S1) and character.