Numbers 20:6:10Num.20.6.W10TAB
עַל־פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם
alpeneihem
“on their faces”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-NEI-hem
- Extended
- ahl-peh-NEI-hem
- IPA
- /ʕal.pəˈneːhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on their faces
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
al-pe-NEI-hem
- clause
va-ya-VO mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON mip-NEI ha-ka-HAL el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED va-yip-LU al-pe-NEI-hem
- sentence
va-ya-VO mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON mip-NEI ha-ka-HAL el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED va-yip-LU al-pe-NEI-hem va-ye-RA ke-VOD-ye-ho-VAH a-lei-HEM
Exegesis
The sequence vayyiplu al-penehem {וַֽיִּפְּּלוּ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם | way-yip-plû ʿal-pə-nê-hem} ‘and they fell upon their faces’ communicates a posture of submission.
Root and etymology
p-n-hPe, Nun, He
“face, before”
In context — Numbers 20:6
And Moses and Aaron came out from the presence of the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and they fell upon their faces, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 20:6, so the Hebrew word עַל־פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם (alpeneihem) 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.20.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.6.W10.S1) and character.