Numbers 26:27:7Num.26.27.W7TAB
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ
vakhamesh
“and five”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-MESH
- Extended
- vah-khah-MEHSH
- IPA
- /va.ħăˈmeːʃ/
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
va-kha-MESH me-OT
- clause
shi-SHIM E-lef va-kha-MESH me-OT
- 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 numerical sequence—shishim {שִׁשִּׁ֥ים | šî-šîm} ‘sixty’, elef {אֶלֶף | ʾê-lep̄} ‘thousand’, vav-prefixed conjunction vachamesh {וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ | wă-ḥă-mēš} ‘and five’, and meot {מֵאֽוֹת׃ | mē-’ôṯ} ‘hundreds’—reflects Hebrew’s multiplicative counting system, which is rendered in English by grouping the units for clarity.
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 26:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 26:27, 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.26.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.27.W7.S1) and character.