Numbers 26:27:4Num.26.27.W4TAB
לִפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם
lifkudehem
“by their numbers”
- Transliteration
- lif-ku-de-HEM
- Extended
- lif-kuh-dey-HEHM
- IPA
- /lif.qu.deˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- by their numbers
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
- clause
E-leh mish-pe-KHOT haz-ze-vu-lo-NI lif-ku-de-HEM
- sentence
E-leh mish-pe-KHOT haz-ze-vu-lo-NI lif-ku-de-HEM shi-SHIM E-lef va-kha-MESH me-OT va-ye-LEKH
Exegesis
The construct phrase lifkudeihem {לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם | lîp-qû-dê-hem} ‘according to their number’ employs the preposition לְ plus a construct noun with a third person masculine plural suffix to indicate enumeration in a census.
Root and etymology
Rootp-q-d
“to count, appoint”
In context — Numbers 26:27
These are the families of the Zebulunite ; according to those counted , there were sixty thousand and five hundred.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 26:27, so the Hebrew word לִפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם (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.26.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.27.W4.S1) and character.