Numbers 18:7:16Num.18.7.W16TAB
הַקָּרֵ֖ב
hakarev
“who comes near”
- Transliteration
- ha-ka-REV
- Extended
- hah-kah-REV
- IPA
- /haqˈkaːreːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- who comes near
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ka-REV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-ZAR ha-ka-REV
- clause
a-vo-DAT ma-ta-NA e-TEN et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM ve-ha-ZAR ha-ka-REV yu-MAT
- sentence
ve-a-TA u-va-NE-kha it-KHA tish-me-RU et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM le-KHOL-de-VAR ha-miz-BE-akh u-le-mi-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet va-a-vad-TEM a-vo-DAT ma-ta-NA e-TEN et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM ve-ha-ZAR ha-ka-REV yu-MAT
Exegesis
The final clause ve-hazar ha-karev yumat {וְהַזָּר הַקָּרֵב יוּמָֽת | wə-hā-zār ha-qā-rēḇ yū-māṯ} uses the Hophal imperfect for passive authority, enforcing exclusion by death for unauthorized approach, reinforcing communal and holy boundaries.
In context — Numbers 18:7
But you and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for every matter of the altar and within the veil, and you shall serve, for I have given you the priesthood as a service of gift; and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Numbers 18:7, so the Hebrew word הַקָּרֵ֖ב (hakarev) 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.18.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.7.W16.S1) and character.