Numbers 18:21:7Num.18.21.W7TAB
לְנַחֲלָ֑ה
lenakhalah
“for an inheritance”
- Transliteration
- le-na-kha-LAH
- Extended
- leh-nah-kha-LAH
- IPA
- /lənaxaˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for an inheritance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-na-kha-LAH
- clause
ve-li-vne le-VI hi-NEH na-ta-TI kol-ma-a-SEHR be-yis-ra-EL le-na-kha-LAH
- sentence
ve-li-vne le-VI hi-NEH na-ta-TI kol-ma-a-SEHR be-yis-ra-EL le-na-kha-LAH khe-LEF a-vo-da-TAM a-sher-HEM ov-DIM et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED
Exegesis
Kol-ma'aser {כָּל־מֽ͏ַעֲשֵׂ֥ר | kol-ma-ʿā-śēr} functions as the total object, with be-Yisrael {בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | bə-yis-ra-ʾēl} and le-nachalah {לְנַחֲלָ֑ה | lə-na-cha-lāh} specifying national distribution.
Root and etymology
נ־ח־ל
“inheritance, portion”
In context — Numbers 18:21
And to the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel as an inheritance , instead of the service they perform at the Tent of Meeting.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 18:21, so the Hebrew word לְנַחֲלָ֑ה (lenakhalah) 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.18.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.21.W7.S1) and character.