Numbers 21:29:1Num.21.29.W1TAB
אוֹי־לְךָ֣
oylekha
“Woe to you”
- Transliteration
- OY-le-KHA
- Extended
- OY-leh-KHAH
- IPA
- /ˈʔoj.ləˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Woe to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
OY-le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
OY-le-KHA mo-AV
- clause
OY-le-KHA mo-AV a-vad-TA am-ke-MOSH
- sentence
OY-le-KHA mo-AV a-vad-TA am-ke-MOSH na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM u-ve-no-TAV ba-she-VIT le-MELEKH e-mo-RI si-HON
Exegesis
The verse opens with the interjection oy-lekha {אוֹי־לְךָ | ʾōy-lə-khā} ‘woe-to-you’, directly addressing the proper noun moav {מוֹאָב | mō-ʾāḇ} ‘Moab’ and setting a lament tone.
In context — Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh ; he has given his sons as fugitives and his daughters into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:29, so the Hebrew word אוֹי־לְךָ֣ (oylekha) 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.21.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.29.W1.S1) and character.