Numbers 17:13:2Num.17.13.W2TABWLC Numbers 17:28
הַקָּרֵב
hakarev
“who approaches”
- Transliteration
- ha-ka-REV
- Extended
- hah-kah-REHV
- IPA
- /haqːaˈreːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- who approaches
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ka-REV
- sentence
KOL ha-ka-REV ha-ka-REV el-mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH ya-MUT ha-IM tam-NU lig-VO-a
Exegesis
The Piel participle hakkarev {הַקָּרֵב | haqqārêv} ‘the one who approaches’ denotes unauthorized movement toward mishkan {מִשְׁכַּן | miš-kān} ‘tabernacle,’ connected in construct to YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhō-wāh} ‘the LORD.’
Root and etymology
q-r-bqof–resh–bet
“to approach, draw near”
In context — Numbers 17:13
Everyone who approaches—who approaches—the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Is it that we have come to our end , to die?
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 17:13, so the Hebrew word הַקָּרֵב (hakarev) 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.17.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.13.W2.S1) and character.