Numbers 2:33:1Num.2.33.W1TAB
וְהַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם
vehaleviyim
“But the Levites”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-le-VI-yim
- Extended
- veh-hahl-vee-YEEM
- IPA
- /vəhal.viˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- But the Levites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-le-VI-yim
- clause
ve-ha-le-VI-yim LO hat-pa-KDU be-TOkh be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-ha-le-VI-yim LO hat-pa-KDU be-TOkh be-NEI yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH et-MO-sheh
Exegesis
The verse opens with veha-leviyyim {וְהַלְוִיִּם | wə-hă-lə-vī-yim} ‘and the Levites’, a vav-conjunction clause that contrasts them with the other tribes.
Root and etymology
l-v-ylamed–vav–yod
“joined, attached”
In context — Numbers 2:33
Yet the Levites were not numbered among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 2:33, so the Hebrew word וְהַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם (vehaleviyim) 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.2.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.33.W1.S1) and character.