Numbers 3:38:4Num.3.38.W4TAB
קֵ֣דְמָה
kedmah
“eastward”
- Transliteration
- KED-mah
- Extended
- KEED-mah
- IPA
- /ˈked.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- eastward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KED-mah
- phraseyour reading level
KED-mah leef-NEI O-hel-MO-ed miz-RA-khah
- clause
ve-ha-KHO-neem leef-NEI ha-meesh-KAN KED-mah leef-NEI O-hel-MO-ed miz-RA-khah mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON u-va-NAV shom-REEM meesh-ME-ret ha-meek-DASH le-meesh-ME-ret be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-ha-KHO-neem leef-NEI ha-meesh-KAN KED-mah leef-NEI O-hel-MO-ed miz-RA-khah mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON u-va-NAV shom-REEM meesh-ME-ret ha-meek-DASH le-meesh-ME-ret be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-ha-ZAR ha-ka-REV yu-MAT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the participle vehachonim {וְהַחֹנִ֣ים | wə-ḥā-ḥō-nîm} ‘those who camped’, followed by a series of locative elements: lifnei {לִפְנֵי | li-p̄-nê} ‘before’ hamishkan {הַמִּשְׁכָּ֡ן | ha-mish-kān} ‘tabernacle’, qedmah {קֵדְמָה | qê-d-mah} ‘eastward’, lifnei {לִפְנֵי | li-p̄-nê} ‘before’ ohel-moed {אֹהֶל־מוֹעֵ֨ד | ʾō-hel-mō-ʿêd} ‘tent of meeting’, and mizrachah {מִזְרָחָה | miz-rā-ḥā} ‘toward sunrise’. This sequence establishes a sacred eastward orientation.
In context — Numbers 3:38
And those who camped eastward before the tabernacle, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons. They kept the charge of the sanctuary on behalf of the sons of Israel. Any outsider who came near was to be put to death.
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:38:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 3:38, so the Hebrew word קֵ֣דְמָה (kedmah) 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.3.38.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.38.W4.S1) and character.