Numbers 3:40:8Num.3.40.W8TAB
מִבֶּן־חֹ֖דֶשׁ
mibenkhodesh
“from a month old”
- Transliteration
- mi-BEN-KHO-desh
- Extended
- mih-BEN-KHOH-desh
- IPA
- /mibˈben.ˈxoːdɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from a month old
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-BEN-KHO-desh
- 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 adverbial phrase miben-chodesh vamaalah {מִבֶּן־חֹ֖דֶשׁ וָמָ֑עְלָה | min·ben·ḥō·ḏēš wā·mā·ʿā·lā} ‘from one month upward’ sets an age threshold.
Root and etymology
ב־ן
“son”
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 3:40:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 3:40, so the Hebrew word מִבֶּן־חֹ֖דֶשׁ (mibenkhodesh) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.40.W8.S1) and character.