Numbers 20:2:3Num.20.2.W3TAB
לָעֵדָ֑ה
laedah
“for the congregation”
- Transliteration
- la-e-DAH
- Extended
- laa-eh-DAA
- IPA
- /laː.ʕeːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the congregation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-e-DAH
- clause
ve-LO-ha-YA MA-yim la-e-DAH
- sentence
ve-LO-ha-YA MA-yim la-e-DAH va-yi-ka-ha-LU al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase la’edah {לָעֵדָה | lā-ʿē-dāh} marks the recipients of the deficiency.
Root and etymology
ע־ד־ה
“assembly”
In context — Numbers 20:2
Now there was no water for the community , so they assembled and confronted Moses and Aaron.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 20:2, so the Hebrew word לָעֵדָ֑ה (laedah) 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.20.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.2.W3.S1) and character.