Numbers 18:2:7Num.18.2.W7TAB
הַקְרֵ֣ב
hakrev
“bring near”
- Transliteration
- hak-REV
- Extended
- hak-REHV
- IPA
- /haqˈreːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- bring near
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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
hak-REV
- phraseyour reading level
hak-REV it-TACH
- clause
ve-GAM ET-a-KHEI-kha mat-TEH le-VI SHE-vet a-VI-kha hak-REV it-TACH ve-yil-LA-vu a-LEI-kha vi-shar-te-KHA
- sentence
ve-GAM ET-a-KHEI-kha mat-TEH le-VI SHE-vet a-VI-kha hak-REV it-TACH ve-yil-LA-vu a-LEI-kha vi-shar-te-KHA ve-a-TA u-va-NEI-kha it-TACH lif-NEI O-hel ha-e-DUT
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet-} marks acheikha {אַחֶיךָ | ʾaḥê-kā} ‘your brothers’ as the object of the Hiphil imperative hakrev {הַקְרֵב | ha-ḳrêb} ‘bring near’.
In context — Numbers 18:2
And also bring near your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, to be with you, and they will be joined to you and serve you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony .
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 18:2, so the Hebrew word הַקְרֵ֣ב (hakrev) 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.18.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.2.W7.S1) and character.