Numbers 16:9:11Num.16.9.W11TAB
וְלַעֲמֹ֥ד לִפְנֵי־הָעֵדָ֖ה
velaamod leefnei haedah
“and to stand before the assembly”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-a-MOD leef-NEI ha-e-DAH
- Extended
- veh-lah-ah-MOHD leef-NEI hah-eh-DAH
- IPA
- /vəla.ʕaˈmod lifˈnej ha.ʕeˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to stand before the assembly
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-la-a-MOD leef-NEI ha-e-DAH
- clause
ve-la-a-MOD leef-NEI ha-e-DAH le-shar-TAM
- sentence
ham-AT mi-KEM ki-hiv-DIL e-LEI yis-ra-EL et-KHEM me-a-DAT yis-ra-EL le-hak-RIV et-KHEM la-a-vo-DAT mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH ve-la-a-MOD leef-NEI ha-e-DAH le-shar-TAM
Exegesis
The sequence vela'amod {וְלַעֲמֹד | wə-la‛ămōḏ} + lifnei ha'edah {לִפְנֵי הָעֵדָה | lîpnē hā-ʿēdāh} frames standing before the congregation as the climax of priestly duty.
Root and etymology
ʿ-d-hayin-dalet-he
“assembly, congregation”
In context — Numbers 16:9
Is it a small thing for you that the God of Israel has set you apart from the congregation of Israel to bring you near to Himself, to serve the work of the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 16:9, so the Hebrew word וְלַעֲמֹ֥ד לִפְנֵי־הָעֵדָ֖ה (velaamod leefnei haedah) 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.16.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.9.W11.S1) and character.