Numbers 4:6:2Num.4.6.W2TAB
עָלָ֗יו
alav
“upon it”
- Transliteration
- a-LAV
- Extended
- aa-LAV
- IPA
- /ʕaˈlav/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nat-NU a-LAV
- clause
ve-nat-NU a-LAV ke-SUI OR ta-KHASH u-par-SU BE-ged-kli-LIL te-KHE-let mil-MAL-ah
- sentence
ve-nat-NU a-LAV ke-SUI OR ta-KHASH u-par-SU BE-ged-kli-LIL te-KHE-let mil-MAL-ah ve-sa-MU bad-AV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase alav {עָלָ֗יו | ʿā-lav} ‘upon it’ introduces the object kesui {כְּסוּי֙ | kə-sûwî} ‘covering,’ specified by or {ע֣וֹר | ʿôr} ‘skin’ and tahash {תַּחַשׁ | ṭaḥaš} ‘tachash hide.’
In context — Numbers 4:6
And they shall put upon it a tachash covering and spread a whole blue cloth over it from above, and then place its poles.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 4:6, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֗יו (alav) 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.4.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.6.W2.S1) and character.