Numbers 18:31:9Num.18.31.W9TAB
חֵ֥לֶף
khelef
“in exchange for”
- Transliteration
- KHE-lef
- Extended
- KHEH-lef
- IPA
- /ˈħɛlɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- in exchange for
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
KHE-lef
- phraseyour reading level
KHE-lef a-vo-DAT-khem
- clause
ki-SA-khar hu la-KHEM KHE-lef a-vo-DAT-khem be-O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
va-a-khal-TEM o-TO be-KHOL-MA-kom a-TEM u-VEIT-khem ki-SA-khar hu la-KHEM KHE-lef a-vo-DAT-khem be-O-hel mo-ED
Exegesis
The prepositional construct ḥêlêp ʿăvōdat-kem {חֵ֥לֶף עֲבֹדַתְכֶ֖ם | ḥêlêp ʿăvōdat-kem} ‘in exchange for your service’ underscores the transactional relationship between cultic labor and sustenance.
In context — Numbers 18:31
And you, together with your household, may eat it in any place, for it is your wages in exchange for your service at the tent of meeting.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:31:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 18:31, so the Hebrew word חֵ֥לֶף (khelef) 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.18.31.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.31.W9.S1) and character.