Numbers 20:8:10Num.20.8.W10TAB
לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם
leeyneyhem
“before their eyes”
- Transliteration
- le-ey-NEY-hem
- Extended
- leh-ey-NEY-hem
- IPA
- /ləʕeːneˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- before their eyes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
le-ey-NEY-hem
- clause
KAKH ET-ha-ma-TEH ve-hak-HEL ET-ha-e-DAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON a-KHI-kha ve-dib-bar-TEM el-ha-SE-la le-ey-NEY-hem ve-na-TAN mei-MAV
- sentence
KAKH ET-ha-ma-TEH ve-hak-HEL ET-ha-e-DAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON a-KHI-kha ve-dib-bar-TEM el-ha-SE-la le-ey-NEY-hem ve-na-TAN mei-MAV ve-ho-tse-TA la-HEM MA-yim min-ha-SE-la ve-hish-KI-ta ET-ha-e-DA ve-ET-be-i-RAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʾel ha-sēlaʿ {אֶל־הַסֶּלַע | ʾel ha-sēlaʿ} plus the adverbial lə-ʿênêhem {לְעֵינֵיהֶם | lə-ʿênêhem} ‘before their eyes’ highlights a public demonstration.
In context — Numbers 20:8
Take the staff and assemble the congregation—you and Aaron your brother—and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will release its water. You shall bring water out for them from the rock and provide the congregation and their livestock water to drink.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 20:8, so the Hebrew word לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם (leeyneyhem) 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.20.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.8.W10.S1) and character.