Numbers 20:24:1Num.20.24.W1TAB
יֵאָסֵ֤ף
yeasef
“shall be gathered”
- Transliteration
- ye-a-SEF
- Extended
- yeh-aa-SEHF
- IPA
- /jeː.ʔaˈseːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall be gathered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-a-SEF
- phraseyour reading level
ye-a-SEF a-ha-RON
- clause
ye-a-SEF a-ha-RON el-am-MAV KI LO ya-VO el-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-ta-TI liv-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ye-a-SEF a-ha-RON el-am-MAV KI LO ya-VO el-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-ta-TI liv-NEI yis-ra-EL AL a-SHER-me-ri-TEM et-PI le-MEI me-ri-VA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Niphal imperfect ye’asef {יֵאָסֵף | yēʾā-sef} ‘he will be gathered’, a divine passive idiom for death.
Root and etymology
א-ס-ף
“to gather”
In context — Numbers 20:24
Aaron will be gathered to his people, because he will not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, on account of your rebellion against my mouth at the waters of Meribah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 20:24, so the Hebrew word יֵאָסֵ֤ף (yeasef) 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.20.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.24.W1.S1) and character.