Numbers 22:8:2Num.22.8.W2TAB
אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם
aleihem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- a-lei-HEM
- Extended
- ah-lei-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔăleːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-lei-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER a-lei-HEM
- clause
va-yo-MER a-lei-HEM li-NU PO ha-LAI-la va-ha-shi-VO-ti et-KHEM da-VAR ka-a-SHER ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI
- sentence
va-yo-MER a-lei-HEM li-NU PO ha-LAI-la va-ha-shi-VO-ti et-KHEM da-VAR ka-a-SHER ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI va-ye-SHE-vu sa-REI-MO-av im-BIL-am
Exegesis
The hiphil perfect vahashivoti {וַהֲשִׁבֹתִי | va-ha-šî-bhō-tî} expresses the causative promise of returning a report, which is linked to the following relative clause kaasher yedabber YHWH elai {כַּאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֵלָי | ka-ʾă-šer yă-da-bêr Yə-hō-wāh ʾê-lāy} centering the LORD as the prophetic source.
In context — Numbers 22:8
And he said to them, “Spend the night here, and I will return a word to you as the LORD will speak to me.” Then the princes of Moab remained with Balaam.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 22:8, so the Hebrew word אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם (aleihem) 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.22.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.8.W2.S1) and character.