Numbers 18:20:7Num.18.20.W7TAB
וְחֵ֕לֶק
vehelek
“and portion”
- Transliteration
- ve-HE-lek
- Extended
- veh-HEH-lehk
- IPA
- /vəˈχeːlɛk/
Meaning by language
- English
- and portion
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-HE-lek
- clause
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-a-ha-RON be-ar-TSAM LO tin-KHAL ve-HE-lek lo-yi-hye le-KHA be-to-KHAM
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-a-ha-RON be-ar-TSAM LO tin-KHAL ve-HE-lek lo-yi-hye le-KHA be-to-KHAM a-NI khel-ke-KHA ve-na-cha-lat-KHA be-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-qchet-lamed-qof
“to divide, assign”
In context — Numbers 18:20
And the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land nor any portion among them; I am your inheritance among the sons of Israel.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 18:20, so the Hebrew word וְחֵ֕לֶק (vehelek) 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.18.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.20.W7.S1) and character.