Numbers 25:4:10Num.25.4.W10TAB
נֶגֶד
neged
“before”
- Transliteration
- NE-ged
- Extended
- NEH-ged
- IPA
- /ˈnɛɡɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
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NE-ged
- 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 context — Numbers 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.