Numbers 20:19:4Num.20.19.W4TAB
בַּֽמְסִלָּ֣ה
bamsila
“by the highway”
- Transliteration
- bam-si-LA
- Extended
- bahm-see-LAA
- IPA
- /bam.siˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the highway
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bam-si-LA
- phraseyour reading level
bam-si-LA na-a-LE
- clause
va-yom-RU e-LAV be-NEI-YIS-ra-EL bam-si-LA na-a-LE ve-IM-MEI-me-KHA nish-TEH a-NI u-mik-NAI ve-na-ta-TI mikh-RAM
- sentence
va-yom-RU e-LAV be-NEI-YIS-ra-EL bam-si-LA na-a-LE ve-IM-MEI-me-KHA nish-TEH a-NI u-mik-NAI ve-na-ta-TI mikh-RAM RAK EIN-DA-var be-rag-LAI e-ev-RAH
Exegesis
The locative bamesillah {בַּֽמְסִּלָּ֣ה | ba-mə-ṣîl-lāh} ‘by the highway’ specifies route.
In context — Numbers 20:19
And the sons of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway, and if we and our livestock drink your water , we will pay its price. Only, there is no other matter—let us pass through on foot.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 20:19, so the Hebrew word בַּֽמְסִלָּ֣ה (bamsila) 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.20.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.19.W4.S1) and character.