Numbers 20:8:9Num.20.8.W9TAB
אֶל־הַסֶּ֛לַע
elhasela
“to the rock”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-SE-la
- Extended
- el-hah-SEH-lah
- IPA
- /ʔel.hasˈsɛlaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the rock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-SE-la
- phraseyour reading level
ve-dib-bar-TEM el-ha-SE-la
- 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.
Root and etymology
ס־ל־עs-l-ʿ
“rock, crag”
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 20:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 20:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַסֶּ֛לַע (elhasela) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.8.W9.S1) and character.