Numbers 16:7:4Num.16.7.W4TAB
וְהָיָה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר
vehaya haish asheryivkhar
“and the man whom {the LORD} chooses”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA ha-ISH a-SHER-yiv-KHAR
- Extended
- veh-hah-YAA hah-EESH ah-SHEHR-yeev-KHAR
- IPA
- /vəhaˈjaː haˈʔiːʃ ʔaˈʃɛr.jivˈχar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the man whom {the LORD} chooses
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YA ha-ISH a-SHER-yiv-KHAR
- sentence
u-te-NU-va-HEN ESH ve-SI-mu-a-LE-hen ke-TO-ret lif-NEI ye-ho-VAH ma-KHAR ve-ha-YA ha-ISH a-SHER-yiv-KHAR ye-ho-VAH HU ha-ka-DOSH RAV-la-KHEM be-NEI-LE-vi
Exegesis
Fire (esh {אֵ֡שׁ | ʾêš}) is placed in the pans (behem {בָהֵ֣ן | ba-hên}) and incense (ketoret {קְטֹ֜רֶת | qə-ṭō-ret}) upon them (aleihen {עֲלֵיהֶ֨ן | ʿa-lê-hen}), while lifnei {לִפְנֵ֤י | li-pə-nê} ‘before’ frames the act at the divine presence YHWH {יְהוָה֙ | Yə-hō-wāh}.
The vav + perfect vehayah {וְהָיָ֗ה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it will be’ introduces a relative clause led by asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾă-šer} ‘who’ and yivchar {יִבְחַ֥ר | yiv-ḥar} ‘will choose’, culminating in the emphatic hu {ה֣וּא | hū} ‘he’ and predicate nominal ha-kadosh {הַקָּד֑וֹשׁ | ha-qā-ḏôš} ‘the holy’.
Root and etymology
ב־ח־ר
“to choose”
In context — Numbers 16:7
You shall place fire in them and set incense upon them before the LORD tomorrow, and the man whom the LORD chooses shall be holy . It is too much for you, sons of Levi.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 16:7, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר (vehaya haish asheryivkhar) 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.16.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.7.W4.S1) and character.