Numbers 21:32:3Num.21.32.W3TAB
לְרַגֵּ֣ל
leragel
“to spy out”
- Transliteration
- le-ra-GEL
- Extended
- leh-rah-GEEL
- IPA
- /ləragˈgeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to spy out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ra-GEL
- phraseyour reading level
le-ra-GEL et-YA-zer
- clause
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH le-ra-GEL et-YA-zer va-yil-ke-DU be-no-TE-ha
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH le-ra-GEL et-YA-zer va-yil-ke-DU be-no-TE-ha va-yo-RESH et-ha-e-mo-RI a-sher-SHAM
Exegesis
The opening clause wayyishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח | wayyišlāḥ} ‘and he sent’ introduces Moses as agent, followed by the purpose infinitive leraggel {לְרַגֵּ֣ל | lə-raggēl} ‘to spy out’ Jazer.
Root and etymology
RootResh–Gimel–Lamed
“to scout”
In context — Numbers 21:32
And Moses sent men to spy out Jazer, and they captured its towns , and they dispossessed the Amorite who was there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:32, so the Hebrew word לְרַגֵּ֣ל (leragel) 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.21.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.32.W3.S1) and character.