Numbers 26:3:7Num.26.3.W7TAB
מוֹאָב
moav
“Moab”
- Transliteration
- mo-AV
- Extended
- moh-AV
- IPA
- /moˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Moab
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
mo-AV
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH ve-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN o-TAM be-ar-VOT mo-AV al-yar-DEN ye-re-HO le-MOR
Exegesis
The direct object ʾō-tām {אֹתָ֖ם | ’ō-tām} ‘them’ indicates the audience, while the locative phrase bə-ʿar-vōt mō-ʾā-v {בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת מוֹאָ֑ב | bə-ʿar-vōt mō-ʾā-v} ‘in the plains of Moab’ provides geographic context.
In context — Numbers 26:3
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying .
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 26:3, so the Hebrew word מוֹאָב (moav) 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.26.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.3.W7.S1) and character.