Numbers 20:21:9Num.20.21.W9TAB
מֵעָלָֽיו׃
mealav
“from him”
- Transliteration
- me-a-LAV
- Extended
- meh-ah-LAHV
- IPA
- /me.ʕaˈlav/
Meaning by language
- English
- from him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-a-LAV
- clause
va-YET yis-ra-EL me-a-LAV
- sentence
va-ye-ma-EN e-DOM ne-TON et-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO va-YET yis-ra-EL me-a-LAV
Exegesis
The pronoun subject is omitted in Hebrew, but contextually Yisraʾēl resumes as subject with the prepositional phrase mêʿālāyw {מֵעָלָיו | mêʿālāyw} ‘from upon him’, indicating departure. The coordination of these vav clauses highlights the causal relationship between Edom’s refusal and Israel’s withdrawal and underscores the sovereignty of territorial borders in the narrative.
In context — Numbers 20:21
So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his border , and Israel turned away from him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 20:21, so the Hebrew word מֵעָלָֽיו׃ (mealav) 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.20.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.21.W9.S1) and character.