Numbers 2:19:5Num.2.19.W5TAB
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ
vakhamesh
“and five”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-MESH
- Extended
- vah-kha-MEHSH
- IPA
- /vaħaˈmeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and five
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-kha-MESH
- phraseyour reading level
va-kha-MESH me-OT
- clause
ar-ba-IM E-lef va-kha-MESH me-OT
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-pe-ku-DEI-hem ar-ba-IM E-lef va-kha-MESH me-OT
Exegesis
This is followed by the Hebrew compound numeral sequence arbaim {אַרְבָּעִ֥ים | ’arba‘îm} ‘forty’ + elef {אֶ֖לֶף | ’elef} ‘thousand’ + vachamesh {וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ | va-ḥă-mêš} ‘and five’ + meot {מֵאֽוֹת | mê’ōṯ} ‘hundreds’, which together yield 40,500. The construct chain and parallel structure emphasize the organized military census of the Israelite tribes, and the enumeration order is maintained in the English for precision.
In context — Numbers 2:19
And his army, and their counted numbers , were forty thousand and five hundred .
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 2:19, so the Hebrew word וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ (vakhamesh) 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.2.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.19.W5.S1) and character.