Numbers 20:12:15Num.20.12.W15TAB

אֶת־הַקָּהָ֣ל

ethakahal

“this congregation”

Transliteration: et-ha-ka-HAL
Extended: eet-ha-kah-HAHL
IPA: /ʔet.hakˈkaːhal/

Meaning by language

English: this congregation

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֶת + הַ + קָּ + הָ֣ל

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et + ha + ka + hal

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ethakahal

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Tav	t as in top
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Qof	q — deep k, uvular
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Lamed	l as in law

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Word in context

word
et-ha-ka-HAL
phraseyour reading level
et-ha-ka-HAL ha-ZEH
clause
la-KHEN LO ta-vi-U et-ha-ka-HAL ha-ZEH el-ha-A-retz a-sher-na-ta-TI la-HEM
sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON YA-an lo-he-e-man-TEM BI le-hak-di-SHE-ni le-ey-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL la-KHEN LO ta-vi-U et-ha-ka-HAL ha-ZEH el-ha-A-retz a-sher-na-ta-TI la-HEM

Exegesis

The consequence clause follows with lāḵēn lō tavī’û {לָכֵן לֹא תָבִיאוּ | lāḵēn lō tavī’û} ‘therefore you will not bring’, applying the prohibition to ha-qāhāl hazzē {הַקָּהָל הַזֶּה | ha-qāhāl hazzē} ‘this assembly’ and defining the scope with the relative clause ʾel-hā’āreṣ ʾăšer nāṯattî lāhem {אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָהֶם | ʾel-hā’āreṣ ʾăšer nāṯattî lāhem} ‘into the land that I have given them’. The translation retains the Hebrew causal-consecutive sequence and renders the Hifil constructions in active English to preserve the original voice.

Root and etymology

ק–ה–ל

“assembly, congregation”

In context — Numbers 20:12

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Since you did not trust Me to sanctify Me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them."

About this coordinate

Numbers 20:12:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 20:12, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַקָּהָ֣ל (ethakahal) 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.20.12.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.12.W15.S1) and character.

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