Numbers 25:8:12Num.25.8.W12TAB
הַמַּגֵּפָה
hamagefah
“the plague”
- Transliteration
- ha-ma-ge-FAH
- Extended
- hah-mah-GEH-fah
- IPA
- /hamaɡˈgeːfaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the plague
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ma-ge-FAH
- 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
Exegesis
The transition vatetsar {וַתֵּעָצַר | wətaʿāṣṣar} ‘and it was stopped’ in the Niphal imperfect conveys the halting of divine judgment encoded in hammagefah {הַמַּגֵּפָה | hammaggēp̄āh}, and meal bnei yisrael {מֵעַל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | mēʿāl bnē-yisrāʾēl} specifies removal of the affliction from the community.
Root and etymology
nun–gimel–pehnun–gimel–peh
“to strike, smite”
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 25:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 25:8, so the Hebrew word הַמַּגֵּפָה (hamagefah) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.8.W12.S1) and character.