Numbers 3:40:5Num.3.40.W5TAB
כָּל־בְּכֹ֤ר
kolbekhor
“all the firstborn”
- Transliteration
- kol-be-KHOR
- Extended
- KOL-beh-KHOHR
- IPA
- /kol.bəˈxoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the firstborn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kol-be-KHOR
- phraseyour reading level
pe-KOD kol-be-KHOR za-KHAR
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh pe-KOD kol-be-KHOR za-KHAR liv-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-BEN-KHO-desh va-MA-la
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh pe-KOD kol-be-KHOR za-KHAR liv-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-BEN-KHO-desh va-MA-la ve-SA ET mis-PAR she-mo-TAM
Exegesis
The construct kol-bekhor-zakhar {כָּל־בְּכֹ֤ר זָכָר֙ | kol·bəkōr·zākār} ‘all the firstborn male’ stacks a quantifier, noun, and qualifier to stress total inclusion.
Root and etymology
Rootbkr
“firstborn”
In context — Numbers 3:40
And the LORD said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn male children of Israel who are one month old or older, and record the number of their names .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:40:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 3:40, so the Hebrew word כָּל־בְּכֹ֤ר (kolbekhor) 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.3.40.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.40.W5.S1) and character.