Numbers 27:16:5Num.27.16.W5TAB
לְכָל־בָּשָׂ֑ר
lekholbasar
“of all flesh”
- Transliteration
- le-KHOL-ba-SAR
- Extended
- leh-KHAHL-bah-SAAR
- IPA
- /ləˈkɔl.baˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- of all flesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHOL-ba-SAR
- clause
yif-KOD Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI ha-ru-KHOT le-KHOL-ba-SAR
- sentence
yif-KOD Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI ha-ru-KHOT le-KHOL-ba-SAR ISH al-ha-e-DAH
Exegesis
The idiom lekol-basar {לְכָל־בָּשָׂר֑ | lə-kol-ba-sar} “to all flesh” extends scope to universal humanity.
Root and etymology
b-s-rbet–sin–resh
“flesh, body”
In context — Numbers 27:16
May the LORD God of the spirits of all flesh appoint a man over the congregation.
About this coordinate
Numbers 27:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 27:16, so the Hebrew word לְכָל־בָּשָׂ֑ר (lekholbasar) 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.27.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.27.16.W5.S1) and character.