Numbers 25:7:10Num.25.7.W10TAB
רֹֽמַח
romakh
“a spear”
- Transliteration
- RO-makh
- Extended
- ROH-makh
- IPA
- /ˈroːmax/
Meaning by language
- English
- a spear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RO-makh
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-KAKH RO-makh be-ya-DO
- clause
va-ya-KAM mi-TOKH ha-e-DA va-yi-KAKH RO-makh be-ya-DO
- sentence
va-YAR pi-NKHAS ben-el-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN va-ya-KAM mi-TOKH ha-e-DA va-yi-KAKH RO-makh be-ya-DO
Root and etymology
r-m-ḥresh-mem-ḥet
“spear, lance”
In context — Numbers 25:7
When Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw this, he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 25:7, so the Hebrew word רֹֽמַח (romakh) 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.25.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.7.W10.S1) and character.