Numbers 17:13:9Num.17.13.W9TABWLC Numbers 17:28
לִגְוָעֽ׃
ligvoa
“to perish?”
- Transliteration
- lig-VO-a
- Extended
- leeg-VOH-ah
- IPA
- /liɡˈvo.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to perish?
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lig-VO-a
- sentence
KOL ha-ka-REV ha-ka-REV el-mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH ya-MUT ha-IM tam-NU lig-VO-a
Exegesis
introduces a climactic question with the perfect tamnu {תַּמְנוּ | tamnû} ‘we have come to our end’ and infinitive ligvoa {לִגְוֹעַ | li-gə-ō-ʿa} ‘to die,’ reflecting Hebrew emphasis through repetition and crescendo.
Root and etymology
g-v-ʿgimel–vav–ayin
“to die, perish”
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 17:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 17:13, so the Hebrew word לִגְוָעֽ׃ (ligvoa) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.13.W9.S1) and character.