Numbers 16:5:13Num.16.5.W13TAB
יִבְחַר־בוֹ
yivkharbo
“he chooses”
- Transliteration
- yiv-KHAR-BO
- Extended
- yiv-KHAR-BOH
- IPA
- /jivˈxarˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he chooses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yiv-KHAR-BO
- sentence
BO-ker ve-yo-DA Ye-ho-VAH ET-a-SHER-lo ve-ET-ha-ka-DOSH ve-hik-RIV e-LAV ve-ET a-SHER yiv-KHAR-BO yak-RIV-e-LAV e-LAV
Exegesis
The relative clause yivḥar-bô {יִבְחַר־בּ֖וֹ | yiv-ḥar-bô} ‘whom he will choose’ specifies the chosen. English preserves Hebrew parataxis and repetition to convey emphasis on divine selection.
Root and etymology
b-ḥ-rbet-chet-resh
“to choose, select”
In context — Numbers 16:5
And he spoke to Korah and to all his congregation, saying, “In the morning the LORD will make known who belongs to Him and who is the holy one , and He will bring that person near to Himself; and whomever He chooses, He will bring near to Himself.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 16:5, so the Hebrew word יִבְחַר־בוֹ (yivkharbo) 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.16.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.5.W13.S1) and character.