Numbers 35:2:5Num.35.2.W5TAB
לַלְוִיִּ֗ם
laleviyim
“to the Levites”
- Transliteration
- la-le-vi-YIM
- Extended
- lah-leh-vee-YEEM
- IPA
- /lal.viˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the Levites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
la-le-vi-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nat-NU la-le-vi-YIM
- clause
tsav et-bne yis-ra-EL ve-nat-NU la-le-vi-YIM mi-na-cha-LAT a-khu-za-TAM a-RIM la-sha-VET
- sentence
tsav et-bne yis-ra-EL ve-nat-NU la-le-vi-YIM mi-na-cha-LAT a-khu-za-TAM a-RIM la-sha-VET u-mig-RASH le-a-RIM se-vi-vo-TEI-hem tit-NU la-le-vi-YIM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive ve-natnu {וְנָתְנוּ | wə-nāṯnû} ‘and they gave’ introduces the action of allocation, directing the prepositional phrase la-Leviim {לַלְוִיִּם | la-lə-wîyîm} ‘to the Levites’.
Root and etymology
Rootl-v-h
“to join; attach”
In context — Numbers 35:2
Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns for dwelling and pastureland around those towns.
About this coordinate
Numbers 35:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 35:2, so the Hebrew word לַלְוִיִּ֗ם (laleviyim) 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.35.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.35.2.W5.S1) and character.