Numbers 33:2:5Num.33.2.W5TAB
עַל־פִּ֣י
alpi
“by command of”
- Transliteration
- al-PI
- Extended
- ahl-PEE
- IPA
- /ʕalˈpiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by 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
va-yik-TOV mo-SHEH et-mo-tza-EI-hem le-mas-EI-hem al-PI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-TOV mo-SHEH et-mo-tza-EI-hem le-mas-EI-hem al-PI Ye-ho-VAH ve-EL-leh mas-EI-hem le-mo-tza-EI-hem
Exegesis
The idiom ʿal-pî YHWH {עַל־פִּי יְהוָה | ʿal-pî Yə-hō-wāh} ‘by the mouth of the LORD’ denotes divine authorization. The repetition and inclusio of masəʿēhem and motzaʾēhem frames the passage as a complete record of Israel’s movements.
Root and etymology
פ־י
“mouth, utterance”
In context — Numbers 33:2
And Moses wrote their departures and journeys at the command of the LORD . And these were their journeys, according to their departures.
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 33:2, so the Hebrew word עַל־פִּ֣י (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.33.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.2.W5.S1) and character.