Numbers 18:30:7Num.18.30.W7TAB
לַלְוִיִּ֔ם
lalviyim
“to the Levites”
- Transliteration
- lal-vi-YIM
- Extended
- lal-vee-YEEM
- IPA
- /lal.viˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the Levites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lal-vi-YIM
- 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 prepositional phrase lĕ·lĕ·wî·yim {לַלְוִיִּ֔ם | lĕ·lĕ·wî·yim} assigns entitlement to the Levites.
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 18:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 18:30, so the Hebrew word לַלְוִיִּ֔ם (lalviyim) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.30.W7.S1) and character.