Numbers 26:23:7Num.26.23.W7TAB
לְפֻוָּ֖ה
lefuva
“of Puvah”
- Transliteration
- le-fu-VA
- Extended
- leh-foo-VAH
- IPA
- /ləfuˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Puvah
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-fu-VA
- clause
le-fu-VA mish-pa-KHAT ha-fu-NI
- 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 26:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 26:23, so the Hebrew word לְפֻוָּ֖ה (lefuva) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.23.W7.S1) and character.