Numbers 24:16:6Num.24.16.W6TAB
עֶלְי֑וֹן
elyon
“of the Most High”
- Transliteration
- el-YON
- Extended
- el-YOHN
- IPA
- /ʕelˈjoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the Most High
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-YON
- phraseyour reading level
DA-at el-YON
- clause
ne-UM sho-MEI-a im-REI-EL ve-yo-DEI-a DA-at el-YON
- sentence
ne-UM sho-MEI-a im-REI-EL ve-yo-DEI-a DA-at el-YON ma-kha-ZEH sha-DAI ye-khe-ZEH no-FEL u-ge-LUI ei-NAI-im
Exegesis
The parallel constructs daʿat Elyon {דַּעַת עֶלְיוֹן | da-ʿat ʿel-yōn} ‘knowledge of the Most High’ and maḥazeh Shaddai {מַחֲזֵה שַׁדַּי | ma-ḥa-zēh šad-dāy} ‘vision of the Almighty’ highlight both auditory and visual dimensions of prophecy.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-hayin-lamed-heh
“to rise up, be high”
In context — Numbers 24:16
An oracle of one who hears the sayings of God and who knows the knowledge of the Most High; a vision of the Almighty he beholds—falling, yet with uncovered eyes.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 24:16, so the Hebrew word עֶלְי֑וֹן (elyon) 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.24.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.16.W6.S1) and character.