Numbers 21:5:3Num.21.5.W3TAB
בֵּֽאלֹהִים֮
beelohim
“against God”
- Transliteration
- be-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- beh-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /beʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- against God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-ye-da-BER ha-AM be-e-lo-HIM u-ve-mo-SHEH la-MAH he-e-li-tu-NU mi-mits-RA-yim la-MUT ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER ha-AM be-e-lo-HIM u-ve-mo-SHEH la-MAH he-e-li-tu-NU mi-mits-RA-yim la-MUT ba-mid-BAR KI EIN le-KHEM ve-EIN MA-yim ve-naf-SHE-nu ka-TSAH ba-LE-khem hak-ke-lo-KEL
Exegesis
The coordinated accusative prepositional phrases bēʾĕlōhīm {בֵּאלֹהִים | bēʾ-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} “against God” and uḇə-mōšeh {וּבְמֹשֶׁה | u-ḇə-mō-šeh} “and against Moses” identify parallel targets of reproach.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-l-h
“god, mighty one”
In context — Numbers 21:5
And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread , and there is no water; and our soul is weary of this worthless bread.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:5, so the Hebrew word בֵּֽאלֹהִים֮ (beelohim) 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.21.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.5.W3.S1) and character.