Numbers 3:39:12Num.3.39.W12TAB
וָמַ֔עְלָה
vamala
“and upward”
- Transliteration
- va-MA-la
- Extended
- vah-MAHL-ah
- IPA
- /vaːˈmaʕla/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-MA-la
- phraseyour reading level
mi-BEN-KHO-desh va-MA-la
- clause
KOL-za-KHAR mi-BEN-KHO-desh va-MA-la she-NA-yim ve-es-RIM A-lef
- sentence
KOL-pe-ku-DEI hal-vi-YIM a-SHER pa-KAD mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON al-PI Ye-ho-VAH le-mish-pe-KHO-taM KOL-za-KHAR mi-BEN-KHO-desh va-MA-la she-NA-yim ve-es-RIM A-lef
Exegesis
A second kol combines with zachar {כָּל זָכָר | kāl zā-kār} ‘every male’, and the clause miBen chodesh vaMalah {מִבֶּן־חֹדֶשׁ וָמַעְלָה | mi-ben ḥō-ḏeš wā-ma-‘ā-lā} ‘from a month old and upward’ sets the age limit.
In context — Numbers 3:39
All those counted from among the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the command of the LORD , by their families, every male from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand .
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:39:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 3:39, so the Hebrew word וָמַ֔עְלָה (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.3.39.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.39.W12.S1) and character.