Numbers 17:13:4Num.17.13.W4TABWLC Numbers 17:28
אֶל־מִשְׁכַּן
elmishkan
“to the tabernacle”
- Transliteration
- el-mish-KAN
- Extended
- el-mish-KAAN
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.mişˈkan/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the tabernacle
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-mish-KAN
- 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
š-k-nshin–kaf–nun
“to dwell, inhabit”
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 17:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 17:13, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מִשְׁכַּן (elmishkan) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.13.W4.S1) and character.