Numbers 3:39:7Num.3.39.W7TAB
עַל־פִּ֥י
alpi
“at the command of”
- Transliteration
- al-PI
- Extended
- al-PEE
- IPA
- /ʕal.piː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the command of
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-PI
- phraseyour reading level
al-PI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
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
- 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
The prepositional phrase alPi YHWH {עַל־פִּי יְהוָה | ’al-pî yᵊ-hō-wāh} ‘by the command of the LORD’ foregrounds divine authority.
Root and etymology
Rootp-h
“mouth”
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 3:39:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 3:39, so the Hebrew word עַל־פִּ֥י (alpi) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.39.W7.S1) and character.