Numbers 16:5:7Num.16.5.W7TAB
אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ
etasherlo
“who is his”
- Transliteration
- ET-a-SHER-lo
- Extended
- EET-ah-SHEHR-loh
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.ʔaˈʃɛrˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who is his
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ET-a-SHER-lo
- 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
Direct objects follow the marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet}, introducing both ʾašer lō {אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ | ʾa-šer lō} and ha-qāḏôš {הַקָּד֖וֹשׁ | ha-qā-ḏôš}. Sequential Hiphil imperatives wə-hiqrîḇ ...
Root and etymology
א־ש
“fire, flame”
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 16:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 16:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ (etasherlo) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.5.W7.S1) and character.