Numbers 3:13:14Num.3.13.W14TAB
עַד־בְּהֵמָ֑ה
adbehemah
“to animal”
- Transliteration
- ad-be-he-MAH
- Extended
- ahd-beh-heh-MAH
- IPA
- /ʕad.bəheˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to animal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ad-be-he-MAH
- clause
KI LI kol-be-KHOR be-YOM ha-ko-TI kol-be-KHOR be-E-retz mits-RA-yim hik-dash-TI LI kol-be-KHOR be-yis-ra-EL me-a-DAM ad-be-he-MAH
- sentence
KI LI kol-be-KHOR be-YOM ha-ko-TI kol-be-KHOR be-E-retz mits-RA-yim hik-dash-TI LI kol-be-KHOR be-yis-ra-EL me-a-DAM ad-be-he-MAH LI yih-YU a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The merism me-ʼā-dām ʿad-bə-hê-māh {מֵאָדָם עַד־בְּהֵמָה | mē-ʼā-dām ʿad-bə-hê-māh} ‘from man to animal’ conveys total inclusion.
In context — Numbers 3:13
For every firstborn is Mine; on the day that I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for Myself every firstborn in Israel, from human to animal. They shall be Mine. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:13:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 3:13, so the Hebrew word עַד־בְּהֵמָ֑ה (adbehemah) 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.3.13.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.13.W14.S1) and character.