Numbers 18:20:8Num.18.20.W8TAB
לֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה
loyihye
“shall not be”
- Transliteration
- lo-yi-hye
- Extended
- loh-yee-HYEH
- IPA
- /loː.jihˈje/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall not be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-yi-hye
- phraseyour reading level
lo-yi-hye le-KHA
- 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
Exegesis
A paired negation appears in lō tinḥāl {לֹא תִנְחָל | lō tinḥāl} ‘you shall not inherit’ paralleled by lō-yihyēh {לֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה | lōʾ-yihyēh} ‘there will not be’, creating a chiastic structure.
Root and etymology
h-y-hh-y-h
“to be, to become”
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 18:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 18:20, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה (loyihye) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.20.W8.S1) and character.