Numbers 25:4:10Num.25.4.W10TAB

נֶגֶד

neged

before

Transliteration
NE-ged
Extended
NEH-ged
IPA
/ˈnɛɡɛd/

Meaning by language

English
before

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Result
נֶ + גֶד
ne + ged
neged

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Gimelg as in good
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    NE-ged

  2. sentence

    va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh KAKH et-KOL-ra-SHEI ha-AM ve-ho-KA o-TAM la-ye-ho-VAH NE-ged ha-SHE-mesh ve-ya-SHOV kha-RON af-ye-ho-VAH me-AL yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The prepositional sequence laYHWH neged hashemesh {לַיהוָה נֶגֶד הַשָּׁמֶשׁ | la-yə-hō-wāh ne-ged ha-šā-meš} situates the action before the LORD in daylight.

In contextNumbers 25:4

And the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the heads of the people and expose them publicly before the LORD, in the sunlight, so that the burning anger of the LORD may turn back from Israel.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 25:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 25:4, so the Hebrew word נֶגֶד (neged) 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.25.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.4.W10.S1) and character.