Numbers 25:8:4Num.25.8.W4TAB
אֶל־הַקֻּבָּה
elhakuba
“into the chamber”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-KU-ba
- Extended
- EHL-hah-KU-bah
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haˈqubba/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the chamber
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-KU-ba
- 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 prepositional phrase el hakkubbah {אֶל־הַקֻּבָּה | ʾel hakkubbāh} establishes movement into a private space.
Root and etymology
qof–bet–betqof–bet–bet
“cavity, hollow”
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 25:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 25:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַקֻּבָּה (elhakuba) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.8.W4.S1) and character.