Numbers 4:8:2Num.4.8.W2TAB
עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם
aleihem
“over them”
- Transliteration
- a-lei-HEM
- Extended
- ah-lei-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʕa.leːˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- over them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| 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
a-lei-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-far-SU a-lei-HEM
- clause
u-far-SU a-lei-HEM BE-ged to-LA-at sha-NI ve-kis-SU o-TO be-mikh-SEH OR ta-KHASH
- sentence
u-far-SU a-lei-HEM BE-ged to-LA-at sha-NI ve-kis-SU o-TO be-mikh-SEH OR ta-KHASH ve-sa-MU et-bad-DAV
Exegesis
It begins with u-far-su {וּפָרְשׂ֣וּ | wə-par-śū} ‘and they spread’, which establishes a sequence of actions, followed by the prepositional phrase a-le-hem {עֲלֵיהֶם | ʿă-lê-hem} ‘over them’, indicating the objects under discussion.
In context — Numbers 4:8
And they shall spread a cloth of scarlet over them, and they shall cover it with a covering of tachash skin, and they shall place its poles.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 4:8, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם (aleihem) 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.4.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.8.W2.S1) and character.