Numbers 27:21:11Num.27.21.W11TAB
עַל־פִּ֨יו
alpiu
“at his word”
- Transliteration
- al-PIU
- Extended
- ahl-PEE-oo
- IPA
- /ʕal.piːˈv/
Meaning by language
- English
- at his word
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
al-PIU
- phraseyour reading level
al-PIU ye-tse-U
- clause
al-PIU ye-tse-U ve-al-PIU ya-vo-U HU ve-KOL-be-NEI-yis-ra-EL it-TO ve-KOL-ha-e-DA
- sentence
ve-lif-NEI el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ya-a-MOD ve-sha-AL LO be-mish-PAT ha-u-RIM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-PIU ye-tse-U ve-al-PIU ya-vo-U HU ve-KOL-be-NEI-yis-ra-EL it-TO ve-KOL-ha-e-DA
Exegesis
The idiom ʿal-pî-w {עַל־פִּ֨יו | ʿal-pî-w} ‘at his mouth’ functions as an executive directive in the parallel verbs yē-ṣə-’ū wə-yā-ḇō-’ū {יֵצְא֜וּ וְיָבֹ֗אוּ | yē-ṣə-’ū wə-yā-ḇō-’ū} ‘they shall go out and they shall come in’.
Root and etymology
p-hpeh-heh
“mouth, command”
In context — Numbers 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD ; at his command they shall go out, and at his command they shall come in—he and all the sons of Israel with him, and all the congregation .
About this coordinate
Numbers 27:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 27:21, so the Hebrew word עַל־פִּ֨יו (alpiu) 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.27.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.27.21.W11.S1) and character.