Numbers 16:5:2Num.16.5.W2TAB
אֶל־קֹרַח
elkorakh
“to Korah”
- Transliteration
- el-KO-rakh
- Extended
- ehl-KO-rahkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈkoːraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Korah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-KO-rakh
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER el-KO-rakh ve-el-KAL-a-da-TO le-MOR
Exegesis
Two coordinated prepositional phrases, ʾel-Qōraḥ {אֶל־קֹ֜רַח | ʾel-Qō-raḥ} and wə-ʾel-ʿădātô {וְאֶֽל־עֲדָתוֹ | wə-ʾel-ʿă-dā-tō}, define the full audience.
Root and etymology
Rootqoph-resh-chet
“baldness”
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 16:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 16:5, so the Hebrew word אֶל־קֹרַח (elkorakh) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.5.W2.S1) and character.