Numbers 21:7:16Num.21.7.W16TAB
בְּעַ֥ד
bead
“for”
- Transliteration
- be-AD
- Extended
- beh-AD
- IPA
- /bəˈʕad/
Meaning by language
- English
- for
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-AD
- phraseyour reading level
be-AD ha-AM
- clause
va-yit-pa-LEL MO-she be-AD ha-AM
- sentence
va-ya-VO ha-AM el-MO-she va-yo-MRU kha-ta-NU ki-dib-BAR-nu va-ye-ho-VAH va-VAkh hit-pa-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH ve-ya-SER mei-a-LEI-nu et-ha-na-KHASH va-yit-pa-LEL MO-she be-AD ha-AM
Exegesis
Finally, va-yitpallēl {וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל | wayyitpallēl} ‘and he prayed’ resumes narrative with Moses’ intercession bəʿaḏ hāʿam {בְּעַד הָעָם | bəʿaḏ hāʿām} ‘on behalf of the people’. The Hebrew sequence and parallelism create a tightly structured confession and plea.
In context — Numbers 21:7
And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned because we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD that He may remove the serpent from upon us.” And Moses prayed on behalf of the people.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Numbers 21:7, so the Hebrew word בְּעַ֥ד (bead) 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.21.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.7.W16.S1) and character.