Numbers 20:24:12Num.20.24.W12TAB
עַ֛ל
al
“because”
- Transliteration
- AL
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
AL
- clause
AL a-SHER-me-ri-TEM et-PI le-MEI me-ri-VA
- 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 causative preposition al asher-meritem {עַל אֲשֶׁר-מְרִיתֶם | ʿal ăšer-mə-rî-tem} ‘because you rebelled’ uses the Hifil perfect to indicate deliberate opposition.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-hayin-lamed-he
“to ascend, bring up”
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 20:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 20:24, so the Hebrew word עַ֛ל (al) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.24.W12.S1) and character.