Numbers 20:6:7Num.20.6.W7TAB
אֹ֣הֶל
ohel
“the tent”
- Transliteration
- O-hel
- Extended
- OH-hel
- IPA
- /ˈʔo.hɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the tent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
O-hel
- phraseyour reading level
O-hel mo-ED
- 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 directional construct el-petach ohel moed {אֶל־פֶּ֙תַח֙ אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד | ’el-pē-ţaḥ ’ō-hel mō-ʿēd} ‘to the entrance of the tent of meeting’ establishes the sacred locus.
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 20:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 20:6, so the Hebrew word אֹ֣הֶל (ohel) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.6.W7.S1) and character.