Numbers 25:18:9Num.25.18.W9TAB
כָּזְבִּי
kazbi
“Cozbi”
- Transliteration
- kaz-BI
- Extended
- kahz-BEE
- IPA
- /kazˈbiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Cozbi
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kaz-BI
- 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
Exegesis
The paired prepositional phrases al-devar-peor {עַל־דְּבַר־פְּע֑וֹר | ʿal-də-var-pe-ʾôr} and ve-al-devar-kazbi {וְעַל־דְּבַר כָּזְבִּ֨י | wə-ʿal-də-var-kaz-bî} link the incidents of Peor and Kozbi.
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 25:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 25:18, so the Hebrew word כָּזְבִּי (kazbi) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.18.W9.S1) and character.