Numbers 20:8:3Num.20.8.W3TAB

וְהַקְהֵ֤ל

vehakhel

“and assemble”

Transliteration: ve-hak-HEL
Extended: veh-hak-HEHL
IPA: /vəhaqˈheːl/

Meaning by language

English: and assemble

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + הַקְ + הֵ֤ל

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ve + hak + hel

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vehakhel

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Qof	q — deep k, uvular
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Lamed	l as in law

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-hak-HEL
phraseyour reading level
ve-hak-HEL ET-ha-e-DAH
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 verse opens with the Qal imperative kakh {קַ֣ח | qāḥ} ‘take’ followed by the Hifʿil imperative vehaqhel {וְהַקְהֵל | wə-haqēl} ‘assemble’, forming a paired command.

Root and etymology

ק-ה-ל

“assembly”

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 20:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 20:8, so the Hebrew word וְהַקְהֵ֤ל (vehakhel) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.8.W3.S1) and character.

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