Numbers 20:8:19Num.20.8.W19TAB
וְאֶת־בְּעִירָֽם׃
veetbeiram
“and their cattle”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-be-i-RAM
- Extended
- veh-EET-beh-ee-RAM
- IPA
- /vəʔeːt.bəʔiːˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their cattle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-be-i-RAM
- clause
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
- 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 particle ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks both the staff (hamatteh {הַמַּטֶּה | hammāṭṭeh}) and the congregation (haʿēdāh {הָעֵדָה | hā-ʿêdāh}) as direct objects.
The coordination of recipients—ha-ʿêdāh and be-ʿîrām {בְּעִירָם | be-ʿîrām}—emphasizes provision both to people and to animals.
Root and etymology
ב־ע־רb-ʿ-r
“domesticated animal”
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 20:8:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Numbers 20:8, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־בְּעִירָֽם׃ (veetbeiram) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.8.W19.S1) and character.