Numbers 18:24:10Num.18.24.W10TAB
לְנַחֲלָ֑ה
lenachalah
“as an inheritance”
- Transliteration
- le-na-cha-LAH
- Extended
- leh-nah-khah-LAAH
- IPA
- /lənaxaˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as 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-cha-LAH
- clause
KI et-ma-ASAR be-NEI-yis-ra-EL a-SHER ya-RI-mu la-ye-ho-VAH te-ru-MAH na-TA-ti la-le-vi-YIM le-na-cha-LAH
- sentence
KI et-ma-ASAR be-NEI-yis-ra-EL a-SHER ya-RI-mu la-ye-ho-VAH te-ru-MAH na-TA-ti la-le-vi-YIM le-na-cha-LAH al-KEN a-MAR-ti la-HEM be-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL LO yin-cha-LU na-cha-LAH
Exegesis
The narrative then shifts to nâṯaṯtî lă-Levîyim lĕ-naḥă-LĀH {נָתַתִּי לַלְוִיִּם לְנַחֲלָה}, where the Qal perfect verb signals divine allotment of inheritance.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-lnun-chet-lamed
“inheritance, possession”
In context — Numbers 18:24
For the tithe of the Israelites, which they lift up as an offering to the LORD , I have given to the Levites as an inheritance. Therefore, I said to them, “They shall have no inheritance among the Israelites.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:24:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 18:24, so the Hebrew word לְנַחֲלָ֑ה (lenachalah) 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.18.24.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.24.W10.S1) and character.