Numbers 18:15:8Num.18.15.W8TAB
יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֑ךְ
yihyelekhakh
“shall be yours”
- Transliteration
- yih-YE-le-KHAKH
- Extended
- yih-YEH-lah-KHAKH
- IPA
- /jiˈhje.lˈlaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall be yours
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yih-YE-le-KHAKH
- clause
kol-PE-ter RE-khem le-KHOL-ba-SAR a-SHER-yak-ri-VOO la-ye-ho-VAH ba-a-DAM u-va-be-HE-mah yih-YE-le-KHAKH
- sentence
kol-PE-ter RE-khem le-KHOL-ba-SAR a-SHER-yak-ri-VOO la-ye-ho-VAH ba-a-DAM u-va-be-HE-mah yih-YE-le-KHAKH AKH pa-DE tif-DE ET be-KHOR ha-a-DAM ve-ET be-KHOR-ha-be-HE-mah hat-te-ME-ah tif-DE
Exegesis
The idiom yi-hye-LAKH {יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֑ךְ | yi-hye-LAKH} ‘shall be for you’ marks priestly entitlement.
Root and etymology
h-y-hh-y-h
“to be, to become”
In context — Numbers 18:15
Every first opener of the womb from all flesh that they bring near to the LORD , whether from human or from animal, shall be yours. However, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of a human, and you shall redeem the firstborn of an unclean animal.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 18:15, so the Hebrew word יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֑ךְ (yihyelekhakh) 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.18.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.15.W8.S1) and character.