Numbers 21:6:10Num.21.6.W10TAB
עַם־רָ֖ב
amrav
“many people”
- Transliteration
- am-RAV
- Extended
- am-RAHV
- IPA
- /ʕam.ˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- many people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
am-RAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-MAT am-RAV
- clause
va-ya-MAT am-RAV mi-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH ba-AM ET han-ne-kha-SHIM has-se-ra-FIM va-ye-nash-KHU et-ha-AM va-ya-MAT am-RAV mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The result clause uses vayamat {וַיָּ֥מָת | wayyāmāt} ‘and he died’ to report that am-rav {עַם־רָ֖ב | ʿam-rāḇ} ‘many people’ from mi-yisrael {מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל | mî-yisrāʾēl} lost life. This tight verb–subject–object structure emphasizes cause and effect, with the construct chain linking the affliction to its victims.
Root and etymology
“people, nation”
In context — Numbers 21:6
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and many Israelites died .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 21:6, so the Hebrew word עַם־רָ֖ב (amrav) 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.21.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.6.W10.S1) and character.