Numbers 20:12:4Num.20.12.W4TAB
וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן֒
veelaharon
“and to Aaron”
- Transliteration
- ve-el-a-ha-RON
- Extended
- veh-el-ah-ha-RON
- IPA
- /vəʔɛlʔahaˈron/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to Aaron
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-el-a-ha-RON
- phraseyour reading level
el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON
- clause
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
- 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 coordinated prepositional phrase ʾel-mōšēh wə-ʾel-ʾaharōn {אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹן | ʾel-mōšēh wə-ʾel-ʾaharōn} ‘to Moses and to Aaron’ indicates the recipients.
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 20:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 20:12, so the Hebrew word וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן֒ (veelaharon) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.12.W4.S1) and character.