Numbers 19:16:4Num.19.16.W4TAB
עַל־פְּנֵ֣י
alpenei
“upon the open”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-NEI
- Extended
- ahl-peh-NEI
- IPA
- /ʕal.pəˈnej/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the open
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-pe-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NEI ha-sa-DEH
- clause
ve-KOL a-SHER yi-GA al-pe-NEI ha-sa-DEH ba-kha-LAL-KHE-rev OH be-MET OH-be-ET-sem a-DAM OH be-KA-ver
- sentence
ve-KOL a-SHER yi-GA al-pe-NEI ha-sa-DEH ba-kha-LAL-KHE-rev OH be-MET OH-be-ET-sem a-DAM OH be-KA-ver yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The spatial phrase al-penei hasadeh {עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה | ʿal-pə-nê ha-šā-deh} ‘on the surface of the field’ defines the locus of action.
Root and etymology
‘-w-lAyin-Vav-Lamed
“yoke, burden”
In context — Numbers 19:16
And anyone who touches, on the surface of the field, one slain by the sword, or a dead body, or a bone, or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 19:16, so the Hebrew word עַל־פְּנֵ֣י (alpenei) 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.19.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.16.W4.S1) and character.