Numbers 34:2:5Num.34.2.W5TAB
אֲלֵהֶ֔ם
alehem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔa.leˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM
- clause
TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ki-a-TEM ba-IM el-ha-A-retz ke-NA-an
- sentence
TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ki-a-TEM ba-IM el-ha-A-retz ke-NA-an ZOT ha-A-retz a-SHER tip-OL la-KHEM be-na-cha-LA E-retz ke-NA-an lig-vu-lo-TE-ha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase alehem {אֲלֵהֶם | ʾă-lē-hem} ‘to them’ marks the recipients of the utterance.
In context — Numbers 34:2
Command the sons of Israel and you shall say to them, “When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance —the land of Canaan according to its borders.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 34:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 34:2, so the Hebrew word אֲלֵהֶ֔ם (alehem) 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.34.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.34.2.W5.S1) and character.