Numbers 26:18:4Num.26.18.W4TAB
לִפְקֻדֵיהֶֽם
lifkudehem
“according to their counted ones”
- Transliteration
- lif-ku-de-HEM
- Extended
- lif-ku-deh-HEHM
- IPA
- /lif.qu.deˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to their counted ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-ku-de-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
lif-ku-de-HEM ar-ba-IM ve-kha-MESH
- sentence
E-leh mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-GAD lif-ku-de-HEM ar-ba-IM ve-kha-MESH me-OT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifkudeihem {לִפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם | li-pqû-də-hem} ‘according to their musterings’ functions as an adjunct of manner, employing the root pkd in construct with a suffix to indicate census procedure.
Root and etymology
peh-qoph-daletpeh-qoph-dalet
“to count, number”
In context — Numbers 26:18
These are the clans of the sons of Gad according to their musterings ; forty thousand and five hundred .
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 26:18, so the Hebrew word לִפְקֻדֵיהֶֽם (lifkudehem) 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.26.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.18.W4.S1) and character.