Numbers 26:23:6Num.26.23.W6TAB
הַתּוֹלָעִ֑י
hatolai
“the Tolaites”
- Transliteration
- ha-to-la-I
- Extended
- hah-toh-lah-EE
- IPA
- /hatolaˈʕiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Tolaites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ha-to-la-I
- phraseyour reading level
mish-pa-KHAT ha-to-la-I
- clause
be-NEI yi-sa-sKAR le-mish-pe-kho-TAM to-LA mish-pa-KHAT ha-to-la-I
- sentence
be-NEI yi-sa-sKAR le-mish-pe-kho-TAM to-LA mish-pa-KHAT ha-to-la-I le-fu-VA mish-pa-KHAT ha-fu-NI
Exegesis
Each eponym Tola {תּוֹלָע | tō-lā} and Puvah {לְפֻוָה | lə-pū-wā} is followed by a construct chain mishpachat {מִשְׁפַּחַת | miš-pā-ḥāt} plus the gentilic adjective (ha-tolai {הַתּוֹלָעִי | ha-tō-lā-ʿī}, ha-puni {הַפּוּנִי | ha-pū-nī}) to form clan names. The parallel list style without a conjunction before Puvah reflects the Hebrew narrative pattern, which the English translation captures through appositive phrases to maintain clear relationships between ancestor and clan without altering word order.
In context — Numbers 26:23
The sons of Issachar according to their clans : Tola—the clan of the Tolaite, and Puvah—the clan of the Punite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 26:23, so the Hebrew word הַתּוֹלָעִ֑י (hatolai) 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.26.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.23.W6.S1) and character.