Numbers 20:23:5Num.20.23.W5TAB

בְּהֹ֣ר הָהָ֑ר

behor hahar

“at Mount Hor”

Transliteration: be-HOR ha-HAR
Extended: beh-HOHR hah-HAAR
IPA: /bəˈhoːr haˈhaːr/

Meaning by language

English: at Mount Hor

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

בְּהֹ֣ + רהָ + הָ֑ר

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be + hor ha + har

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behor hahar

Alphabet Analysis

	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

word
be-HOR ha-HAR
clause
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON be-HOR ha-HAR
sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON be-HOR ha-HAR al-ge-VUL E-retz-e-DOM le-MOR

Exegesis

The locative compound bəhor hāhar {בְּהֹר הָהָר | bə-hōr hā-hār} precisely situates the event “at Mount Hor,” while the construct chain ʿal-gəvul ʾerets-ʾedom {עַל־גְּב֥וּל אֶֽרֶץ־אֱד֖וֹם | ʿal g e-vul ʾerets ʾe-dōm} anchors it “on the border of the land of Edom.”

Root and etymology

Rootheh-resh

“mountain”

In context — Numbers 20:23

And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom , saying,

About this coordinate

Numbers 20:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 20:23, so the Hebrew word בְּהֹ֣ר הָהָ֑ר (behor hahar) 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.20.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.23.W5.S1) and character.

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