Numbers 19:16:8Num.19.16.W8TAB
בְמֵ֔ת
bemet
“by a dead body”
- Transliteration
- be-MET
- Extended
- beh-MEHT
- IPA
- /bəˈmet/
Meaning by language
- English
- by a dead body
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-MET
- phraseyour reading level
OH be-MET
- 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
A series of disjunctive clauses introduced by o {אוֹ | ʾō} ‘or’ presents alternatives: contact with met {מֵת | mēt} ‘dead body’, etsem {עֶצֶם | ʿe-ṣem} ‘bone’, adam {אָדָם | ʾā-dām} ‘person’, or kaver {קָבֶר | qā-ḇer} ‘grave’.
Root and etymology
מ־ו־תm-w-t
“to die”
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 19:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 19:16, so the Hebrew word בְמֵ֔ת (bemet) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.16.W8.S1) and character.