Numbers 18:12:2Num.18.12.W2TAB
חֵ֣לֶב
khelev
“the best”
- Transliteration
- KHE-lev
- Extended
- KHEH-lev
- IPA
- /ˈħelev/
Meaning by language
- English
- the best
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHE-lev
- phraseyour reading level
KHE-lev yits-HAR
- clause
KOL KHE-lev yits-HAR ve-KOL-KHE-lev ti-ROSH ve-da-GAN
- sentence
KOL KHE-lev yits-HAR ve-KOL-KHE-lev ti-ROSH ve-da-GAN re-shi-TAM a-sher-yit-NU la-ye-ho-VAH le-KHA ne-ta-TIM
Exegesis
This quantifier heads a construct chain of paired items (chelev {חֵלֶב | ḥêlêḇ} ‘fat’ + yitshar {יִצְהָר | yiṣḥār} ‘olive oil’, chelev {חֵלֶב | ḥêlêḇ} ‘fat’ + tirosh {תִּירוֹשׁ | tîrôš} ‘new wine’, and dāḡān {דָגָן | dāḡān} ‘grain’), each linked by wə {וְ | wə}.
Root and etymology
Chet-Lamed-BetChet-Lamed-Bet
“fat, best part”
In context — Numbers 18:12
All the best of the olive oil, and all the best of the new wine, and all the best of the grain—the firstfruits of what they give to the LORD —I have given to you.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 18:12, so the Hebrew word חֵ֣לֶב (khelev) 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.18.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.12.W2.S1) and character.