Numbers 16:5:9Num.16.5.W9TAB
וְהִקְרִיב
vehikriv
“he will bring near”
- Transliteration
- ve-hik-RIV
- Extended
- veh-hik-REEV
- IPA
- /vəhiqˈriːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- he will bring near
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ve-hik-RIV
- 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
yaqrîḇ {וְהִקְרִ֣יב ... יַקְרִ֥יב | wə-hiq-rîv ... yaq-rîv} underscore divine initiative.
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 16:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 16:5, so the Hebrew word וְהִקְרִיב (vehikriv) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.5.W9.S1) and character.