Numbers 26:10:7Num.26.10.W7TAB
בְּמוֹת
bemot
“when died”
- Transliteration
- be-MOT
- Extended
- beh-MOHT
- IPA
- /bəˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- when died
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
be-MOT
- sentence
va-tif-TAKH ha-A-retz et-PI-ha va-tiv-LA o-TAM ve-ET-KO-rakh be-MOT ha-e-DA be-akh-LAM ha-ESH ET kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM a-na-SHIM va-yi-HYU le-NES
Exegesis
The infinitive construct bemot {בְּמ֣וֹת | bə-mūṯ} ‘in dying’ functions as a temporal clause, paralleled by baakhol {בַּאֲכֹ֣ל | ba-ʾa-ḵōl} ‘as consumed’ for simultaneous action.
In context — Numbers 26:10
And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah when the assembly died, and as the fire consumed the 250 men, and they became a sign .
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 26:10, so the Hebrew word בְּמוֹת (bemot) 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.26.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.10.W7.S1) and character.