Numbers 18:30:4Num.18.30.W4TAB
אֶת־חֶלְבּוֹ֙
etkhelbo
“the best of it”
- Transliteration
- et-KHEL-bo
- Extended
- EET-KHEHL-boh
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.xɛlˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the best of it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-KHEL-bo
- phraseyour reading level
ba-ha-rim-KHEM et-KHEL-bo
- clause
ba-ha-rim-KHEM et-KHEL-bo mi-men-NU ve-nekh-SHAV lal-vi-YIM kit-vu-AT GO-ren ve-kit-vu-AT YA-kev
- sentence
ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ba-ha-rim-KHEM et-KHEL-bo mi-men-NU ve-nekh-SHAV lal-vi-YIM kit-vu-AT GO-ren ve-kit-vu-AT YA-kev
Exegesis
The construct noun ḥel·bō {חֶלְבּוֹ֙ | ḥel·bō} ‘its choicest part’ with pronominal suffix highlights the designated portion.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-bḥet-lamed-bet
“fat, choicest part”
In context — Numbers 18:30
And you shall say to them, “When you raise up its choicest part from it, it shall be considered for the Levites as the produce of the threshing floor and as the produce of the winepress.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 18:30, so the Hebrew word אֶת־חֶלְבּוֹ֙ (etkhelbo) 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.18.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.30.W4.S1) and character.