Numbers 16:50:7Num.16.50.W7TABWLC Numbers 17:15
וְהַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה
vehamagefah
“and the plague”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ma-ge-FAH
- Extended
- veh-hah-mah-geh-FAH
- IPA
- /vəham.ma.geˈfaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the plague
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ma-ge-FAH
- clause
ve-ha-ma-ge-FAH ne-e-tsa-RAH
- 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
The conjunction vav in vehammaggēp̄āh {וְהַמַּגֵּפָה | wə hammaggēp̄āh} introduces a coordinated clause depicting divine intervention.
Root and etymology
נ־ג־פ
“to strike, plague”
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 16:50:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 16:50, so the Hebrew word וְהַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה (vehamagefah) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.50.W7.S1) and character.