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

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Result
עֲ + לֵי + הֶ֗ם
a + lei + hem
aleihem

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-lei-HEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-far-SU a-lei-HEM

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextNumbers 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.