Numbers 25:8:10Num.25.8.W10TAB
אֶל־קֳבָתָהּ
elkovatah
“through her belly”
- Transliteration
- el-ko-va-TAH
- Extended
- EHL-koh-va-TAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.qɔvaˈta/
Meaning by language
- English
- through her belly
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ko-va-TAH
- sentence
va-ya-VO a-KHAR ISH-YIS-ra-EL el-ha-KU-ba va-ye-DE-kor et-shne-HEM ET ISH YIS-ra-EL ve-ET-ha-i-SHAH el-ko-va-TAH va-yi-a-TZAR ha-ma-ge-FAH ME-al be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Root and etymology
Rootbet, nun
“daughter”
In context — Numbers 25:8
He entered after the Israelite man into the chamber, and he pierced both of them—the man and the woman—into her belly . Then the plague ceased among the Israelites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 25:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־קֳבָתָהּ (elkovatah) 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.25.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.8.W10.S1) and character.