Numbers 4:32:7Num.4.32.W7TAB
לְכָל־כְּלֵיהֶ֔ם
lekholkleihem
“for all their equipment”
- Transliteration
- le-KHOL-klei-HEM
- Extended
- leh-KHOL-kle-HEM
- IPA
- /lǝxol.kǝleːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for all their equipment
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
le-KHOL-klei-HEM
- clause
ve-a-mu-DEI he-kha-TSEIR sa-VIV ve-ad-NEI-hem ve-ye-te-do-TAM u-meit-rei-HEM le-KHOL-klei-HEM ul-KHOL a-vo-da-TAM
- sentence
ve-a-mu-DEI he-kha-TSEIR sa-VIV ve-ad-NEI-hem ve-ye-te-do-TAM u-meit-rei-HEM le-KHOL-klei-HEM ul-KHOL a-vo-da-TAM uv-she-MOT tif-ke-DU et-KLEI mish-ME-ret ma-sa-AM
Exegesis
The parallel prepositional phrases le-kol-keleyhem {לְכָל־כְּלֵיהֶ֔ם | lə-ḵōl kᵊ-lê-hêm} ‘for all their equipment’ and u-le-kol avodatam {וּלְכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדָתָם֑ | u-lə-ḵōl ʿa-vō-dā-tām} ‘and for all their service’ frame the scope of use.
Root and etymology
כ־ל־ה
“vessel; implement”
In context — Numbers 4:32
And the pillars of the courtyard all around, and their bases, and their pegs, and their ropes—for all their equipment and for all their service—you shall assign by name the equipment of the responsibility of their burden .
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 4:32, so the Hebrew word לְכָל־כְּלֵיהֶ֔ם (lekholkleihem) 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.4.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.32.W7.S1) and character.