Numbers 24:6:9Num.24.6.W9TAB
כַּאֲרָזִ֖ים
kaarazeem
“like cedars”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-ra-ZEEM
- Extended
- kah-a-ra-ZEEM
- IPA
- /kaʔaˈrazim/
Meaning by language
- English
- like cedars
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-a-ra-ZEEM
- clause
ka-a-ha-LEEM na-TA Ye-ho-VAH ka-a-ra-ZEEM a-LEI-MA-yim
- sentence
kin-kha-LEEM nit-TA-yu ke-ga-NOT a-LEI na-HAR ka-a-ha-LEEM na-TA Ye-ho-VAH ka-a-ra-ZEEM a-LEI-MA-yim
Exegesis
Each subsequent simile—kegannot {כְּגַנֹּת | kegannōt} ‘gardens’, kaahalim {כַּאֲהָלִים | kaʾăḥālim} ‘aloes’, and kaarazim {כַּאֲרָזִים | kaʾărāzîm} ‘cedars’—is situated by ʿālê nahar {עֲלֵי־נָהָר | ʿālê nāhār} ‘by a river’ or ʿālê-mayim {עֲלֵי־מָיִם | ʿālê-mayim} ‘by the waters’, providing topographical context.
In context — Numbers 24:6
Like valleys they are stretched out, like gardens beside a river, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters .
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 24:6, so the Hebrew word כַּאֲרָזִ֖ים (kaarazeem) 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.24.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.6.W9.S1) and character.