Numbers 20:24:13Num.20.24.W13TAB
אֲשֶׁר־מְרִיתֶ֥ם
ashermeritem
“because you rebelled”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-me-ri-TEM
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-meh-ree-TEM
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.məriˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- because you rebelled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-me-ri-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-me-ri-TEM et-PI
- 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
מ-ר-ה
“to rebel”
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 20:24:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 20:24, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־מְרִיתֶ֥ם (ashermeritem) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.24.W13.S1) and character.