Numbers 25:13:8Num.25.13.W8TAB
תַּחַת
takhat
“because”
- Transliteration
- TA-khat
- Extended
- TAH-khaht
- IPA
- /ˈtaħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
TA-khat
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TAH LO u-le-zar-O a-kha-ra-V be-REET ke-hu-NAT o-LAM TA-khat a-SHER ki-NE le-e-lo-HAIV va-ye-kha-PER al-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The relative prepositional phrase tachat asher {תַּ֗חַת אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ṯa-ḥat ʼa-še-r} ‘because that’ introduces the motivating clause.
In context — Numbers 25:13
And it shall be for him and for his descendants after him a covenant of everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God and he made atonement for the children of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 25:13, so the Hebrew word תַּחַת (takhat) 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.25.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.13.W8.S1) and character.