Numbers 19:14:7Num.19.14.W7TAB
אֶל־הָאֹ֙הֶל֙
elhaohel
“into the tent”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-O-hel
- Extended
- el-hah-OH-hel
- IPA
- /ʔel.haˈʔohɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the tent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-O-hel
- phraseyour reading level
kol-ha-BA el-ha-O-hel
- clause
kol-ha-BA el-ha-O-hel ve-kol-a-SHER ba-O-hel yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM
- sentence
ZOT ha-to-RAH a-DAM ki-ya-MUT be-O-hel kol-ha-BA el-ha-O-hel ve-kol-a-SHER ba-O-hel yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The two parallel clauses kol-habbāʾ ʾel-hā-ʾōhēl {כָּל־הַבָּא אֶל־הָאֹהֶל | kol-habbāʾ ʾel-hā-ʾōhēl} ‘everyone who enters the tent’ and wǝ-kol-ʾăšer bā-ʾōhēl {וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר בָּאֹהֶל | wǝ-kol-ʾăšer bā-ʾōhēl} ‘and everyone who is in the tent’ distinguish new entrants from those present.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-heh-lamed
“tent”
In context — Numbers 19:14
This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent, and everyone already in the tent, will be unclean for seven days.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 19:14, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָאֹ֙הֶל֙ (elhaohel) 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.19.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.14.W7.S1) and character.