Numbers 25:5:3Num.25.5.W3TAB
אֶל־שֹׁפְטֵ֣י
elshoftei
“to the judges of”
- Transliteration
- el-SHOF-tei
- Extended
- el-SHOHF-TEI
- IPA
- /ʔel.ʃofˈtej/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the judges of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-SHOF-tei
- phraseyour reading level
el-SHOF-tei yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-SHOF-tei yis-ra-EL hir-GU EESH a-na-SHAV ha-ni-tza-MI-dim le-va-AL-pe-OR
Exegesis
Moshe {מֹשֶׁה | mō-šē} ‘Moses’ functions as subject, followed by el-shoptei yisrael {אֶל־שֹׁפְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel šō-p̄-tē yis-rā-ʾēl} ‘to the judges of Israel’, indicating the addressees.
Root and etymology
š-p-tshin–peh–tet
“to judge”
In context — Numbers 25:5
And Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Kill each man his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 25:5, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שֹׁפְטֵ֣י (elshoftei) 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.25.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.5.W3.S1) and character.