Numbers 25:4:7Num.25.4.W7TAB
וְהוֹקַע
vehoka
“and hang”
- Transliteration
- ve-ho-KA
- Extended
- veh-hoh-KAH
- IPA
- /vəhoˈkaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and hang
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ho-KA
- 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 Hophal imperative vehoka {וְהוֹקַ֥ע | wə-hō-qāʿ} ‘hang up’ (publicly expose) underscores visible punishment.
Root and etymology
y-q-ʿyod–qof–ayin
“to impale, expose”
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 25:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 25:4, so the Hebrew word וְהוֹקַע (vehoka) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.4.W7.S1) and character.