Numbers 16:8:3Num.16.8.W3TAB
אֶל־קֹ֗רַח
elkorakh
“to Korah”
- Transliteration
- el-KO-rakh
- Extended
- ehl-KOH-rakh
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈkoːraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Korah
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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-KO-rakh
- clause
el-KO-rakh ve-shim-U-NA be-NEI le-VI
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-KO-rakh ve-shim-U-NA be-NEI le-VI
Exegesis
The compound prepositional address ʾel-qōraḥ {אֶל־קֹ֑רַח | ʾel-qōraḥ} ‘to-Korah’ identifies the addressee.
Root and etymology
Rootqof-resh-chet
“baldness”
In context — Numbers 16:8
And Moses said to Korah , “Hear now, sons of Levi .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־קֹ֗רַח (elkorakh) 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.16.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.8.W3.S1) and character.