Numbers 20:8:4Num.20.8.W4TAB

אֶת־הָעֵדָה֙

ethaedah

“the assembly”

Transliteration: ET-ha-e-DAH
Extended: EET-hah-eh-DAH
IPA: /ˈʔeːt.ha.ʔeˈdaː/

Meaning by language

English: the assembly

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֶת + הָ + עֵ + דָה֙

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et + ha + e + dah

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ethaedah

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Tav	t as in top
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Dalet	d as in door
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ET-ha-e-DAH
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 particle ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks both the staff (hamatteh {הַמַּטֶּה | hammāṭṭeh}) and the congregation (haʿēdāh {הָעֵדָה | hā-ʿêdāh}) as direct objects.

Root and etymology

ע־ד־הʿ-d-h

“assembly, witness”

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 20:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 20:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָעֵדָה֙ (ethaedah) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.8.W4.S1) and character.

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