Numbers 16:50:4Num.16.50.W4TABWLC Numbers 17:15
אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח
elpetakh
“to the entrance”
- Transliteration
- el-PE-takh
- Extended
- el-PEH-takh
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈpetaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the entrance
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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-PE-takh
- clause
va-ya-SHAV a-ha-RON el-MO-sheh el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV a-ha-RON el-MO-sheh el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED ve-ha-ma-ge-FAH ne-e-tsa-RAH
Exegesis
A subsequent clause el-pēṭaḥ ʾōhĕl-mōʿēd {אֶל־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל־מוֹעֵד | ʾel pēṯaḥ ʾōhĕl mōʿēd} ‘to the entrance of the tent of meeting’ uses a construct chain between ʾōhĕl {אֹהֶל | ʾōhĕl} ‘tent’ and mōʿēd {מוֹעֵד | mōʿēd} ‘meeting’ to locate sacred space.
Root and etymology
פ־ת־ח
“open, entry”
In context — Numbers 16:50
And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting; and the plague was restrained.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:50:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 16:50, so the Hebrew word אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח (elpetakh) 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.16.50.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.50.W4.S1) and character.