Numbers 25:4:5Num.25.4.W5TAB
אֶת־כָּל־רָאשֵׁי
etkolrashei
“all the chiefs of”
- Transliteration
- et-KOL-ra-SHEI
- Extended
- EET-KAHL-rah-SHEI
- IPA
- /ʔɛtˈkalˈraːʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the chiefs of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
et-KOL-ra-SHEI
- 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 phrase et-kol-rashei {אֶת־כָּל־רָאשֵׁ֣י | ʾet-kol-rā-šê} marks “all heads of” as the direct object, with haam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām} specifying “the people.”
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-šresh–aleph–shin
“head, chief”
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 25:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 25:4, so the Hebrew word אֶת־כָּל־רָאשֵׁי (etkolrashei) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.4.W5.S1) and character.