Numbers 26:22:8Num.26.22.W8TAB
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ
vakhamesh
“and five”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-MESH
- Extended
- vah-kha-MEHSH
- IPA
- /vaħăˈmeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and five
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-kha-MESH
- phraseyour reading level
E-lef va-kha-MESH mei-OT
- clause
shi-SHAH ve-shiv-EEM E-lef va-kha-MESH mei-OT
- sentence
E-leh mish-pe-KHOT ye-hu-DAH lif-ku-dei-HEM shi-SHAH ve-shiv-EEM E-lef va-kha-MESH mei-OT ve-shiv-AH
Exegesis
The cardinal numerals shishah {שִׁשָּׁ֧ה | šish-šāh} ‘six’ and veshivim {וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים | wə-šib-‘îm} ‘seventy’ combine with elef {אֶ֖לֶף | ʾe-lep̄} ‘thousand’ to form ‘seventy-six thousand’, with the additive phrase vachamesh meot {וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת | wa-ḥă-mêš mē-’ôṯ} ‘and five hundred’ appended. The lack of an explicit verb is typical in Hebrew census lists, implying existence. In English, a copula is supplied and the separate numeral components are integrated into a single compound number for clarity.
In context — Numbers 26:22
These are the clans of Judah; those numbered were seventy-six thousand five hundred.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 26:22, so the Hebrew word וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ (vakhamesh) 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.26.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.22.W8.S1) and character.