Numbers 3:28:4Num.3.28.W4TAB
וָמָ֑עְלָה
vamala
“and upward”
- Transliteration
- va-ma-LA
- Extended
- vah-mah-LAH
- IPA
- /vaˈmaʕ.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and upward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ma-LA
- clause
be-mis-PAR kol-ZA-khar mi-ben-KHO-desh va-ma-LA
- sentence
be-mis-PAR kol-ZA-khar mi-ben-KHO-desh va-ma-LA shmo-NAT a-la-FIM ve-SHESH me-OT shom-REI mish-ME-ret ha-KO-desh
Exegesis
Miben-khodesh wā-ma-‘ā-lāh {מִבֶּן־חֹדֶשׁ וָמָעְלָה | mi-ben-kho-désh wā-ma-‘ā-lāh} forms a temporal qualifier setting the age threshold.
In context — Numbers 3:28
In the total count of all males one month old and upward, there were 8,600 who kept the charge of the sanctuary .
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 3:28, so the Hebrew word וָמָ֑עְלָה (vamala) 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.3.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.28.W4.S1) and character.