Numbers 25:18:11Num.25.18.W11TAB
אֲחֹתָם
akhotam
“their sister”
- Transliteration
- a-kho-TAM
- Extended
- ah-khoh-TAHM
- IPA
- /ʔa.xoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their sister
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-kho-TAM
- sentence
ki-TSOR-reem HEM la-KHEM be-nikh-LEI-hem a-SHER-nik-LOO la-KHEM al-de-VAR-pe-OR ve-al-de-VAR kaz-BI bat-ne-SI-mid-YAN a-kho-TAM ha-mu-KAH be-YOM-ha-ma-ge-FAH al-de-VAR-pe-OR
In context — Numbers 25:18
For they are adversaries to you in their deceptions , with which they deceived you regarding the matter of Peor and the matter of Kozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister, who was struck down on the day of the plague concerning the matter of Peor.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 25:18, so the Hebrew word אֲחֹתָם (akhotam) 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.25.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.18.W11.S1) and character.