Numbers 25:4:14Num.25.4.W14TAB
אַף־יְהוָה
afyehovah
“of the LORD’s anger”
- Transliteration
- af-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- ahf-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔaf.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the LORD’s anger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
af-ye-ho-VAH
- 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 purpose clause introduced by veyashov {וְיָשֹׁב | wə-yā-šōw} ‘and he will turn away,’ together with the idiom kharon af YHWH {חֲר֥וֹן אַף־יְהוָה | ḥa-rôn ap yə-hō-wāh} ‘burning anger of the LORD,’ indicates that this display is intended to avert divine wrath.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-pe-aleph
“anger”
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 25:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 25:4, so the Hebrew word אַף־יְהוָה (afyehovah) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.4.W14.S1) and character.