Numbers 20:29:4Num.20.29.W4TAB
גָוַ֖ע
gava
“had died”
- Transliteration
- ga-VA
- Extended
- gah-VAH
- IPA
- /ɡaˈvaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- had died
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ga-VA
- phraseyour reading level
ki ga-VA
- clause
va-yir-U kol-ha-ei-DAH ki ga-VA a-ha-RON
- sentence
va-yir-U kol-ha-ei-DAH ki ga-VA a-ha-RON va-yiv-KU et-a-ha-RON shlo-SHIM YOM KOL BEIT yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The perfect verb gāvaʿ {גָוַ֖ע | gāvaʿ} ‘died’ predicates the fate of ʼAharōn {אַהֲרֹ֑ן | ʾāhărōn}.
Root and etymology
g-w-ʿgimel-vav-ayin
“to expire, perish”
In context — Numbers 20:29
And all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, and all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days .
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 20:29, so the Hebrew word גָוַ֖ע (gava) 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.20.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.29.W4.S1) and character.