Numbers 2:17:4Num.2.17.W4TAB
הַלְוִיִּ֖ם
halviyim
“of the Levites”
- Transliteration
- hal-vi-YIM
- Extended
- hal-vee-YEEM
- IPA
- /hal.viˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the Levites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
hal-vi-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
ma-kha-NE hal-vi-YIM
- clause
ve-na-SA O-hel-MO-ed ma-kha-NE hal-vi-YIM be-TOKH ha-ma-kha-NOT
- sentence
ve-na-SA O-hel-MO-ed ma-kha-NE hal-vi-YIM be-TOKH ha-ma-kha-NOT ka-a-SHER ya-kha-NU KEN yi-sa-U ISH al-ya-DO le-dig-le-HEM
Exegesis
The coordinated compounds ohel-moed {אֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵ֛ד | ʾō-hel-mō-ʾēd} ‘tent of meeting’ and machane haleviyim {מַחֲנֵ֥ה הַלְוִיִּ֖ם | maḥănē hā-lə-wî-yîm} ‘camp of the Levites’ mark the cultic core leading the march.
Root and etymology
l-v-ylamed–vav–yod
“joined, attached”
In context — Numbers 2:17
And the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the midst of the camps; just as they encamp, so they will set out, each person at his post under his standard.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 2:17, so the Hebrew word הַלְוִיִּ֖ם (halviyim) 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.2.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.17.W4.S1) and character.