Numbers 22:15:8Num.22.15.W8TAB

מֵאֵֽלֶּה׃

meeleh

“than these”

Transliteration: me-E-leh
Extended: meh-EH-leh
IPA: /meˈʔeːl.le/

Meaning by language

English: than these

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Result

מֵ + אֵֽ + לֶּה׃

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me + e + leh

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meeleh

Alphabet Analysis

	Mem	m as in mother
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Lamed	l as in law
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
me-E-leh
clause
she-LO-akh sa-RIM ra-BIM ve-nikh-ba-DIM me-E-leh
sentence
va-YO-sef OD ba-LAK she-LO-akh sa-RIM ra-BIM ve-nikh-ba-DIM me-E-leh

Exegesis

The paired modifiers rabbîm {רַבִּ֥ים | rabbîm} ‘many’ and wə-nīḵbaḏîm {וְנִכְבָּדִ֖ים | wə-nīḵbaḏîm} ‘and were honored’ intensify the description, linked by the comparative preposition mīn {מִן | mīn} plus mēʾēle {מֵאֵֽלֶּה | mēʾēle} ‘than these’. English reflects this Hebraic pattern with “more numerous and more distinguished” to preserve the rising emphasis.

In context — Numbers 22:15

And Balak again sent officials, more numerous and more distinguished than these.

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 22:15, so the Hebrew word מֵאֵֽלֶּה׃ (meeleh) 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.22.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.15.W8.S1) and character.

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