Numbers 35:8:14Num.35.8.W14TAB
נַחֲלָתוֹ֙
nachalato
“his inheritance”
- Transliteration
- na-cha-la-TO
- Extended
- nah-kha-lah-TOH
- IPA
- /naχălaˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his inheritance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-cha-la-TO
- phraseyour reading level
ke-FI na-cha-la-TO
- clause
ISH ke-FI na-cha-la-TO a-SHER yin-cha-LU yit-TEN me-a-ra-VAV lal-vi-YIM
- sentence
ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER tit-NU me-a-khu-ZAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-ET ha-RAV tar-BU u-me-ET ham-AT tam-IT-u ISH ke-FI na-cha-la-TO a-SHER yin-cha-LU yit-TEN me-a-ra-VAV lal-vi-YIM
Exegesis
The construct chain kefi nachalato {כְּפִי נַחֲלָתוֹ | kə-p̄î na-ḥă-lā-tô} “according to his inheritance” introduces the measure for each individual.
In context — Numbers 35:8
And the cities you give shall come from the possession of the sons of Israel . From a tribe with many cities you shall give more, and from a tribe with few cities you shall give fewer; each man shall give from his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance .
About this coordinate
Numbers 35:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 35:8, so the Hebrew word נַחֲלָתוֹ֙ (nachalato) 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.35.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.35.8.W14.S1) and character.