Numbers 7:17:5Num.7.17.W5TAB
אֵילִ֤ם
eilim
“rams”
- Transliteration
- ei-LIM
- Extended
- ey-LEEM
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlim/
Meaning by language
- English
- rams
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ei-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
ei-LIM kha-mi-SHA
- clause
u-le-ZE-vakh hash-le-MIM ba-KAR she-NA-yim ei-LIM kha-mi-SHA a-tu-DIM kha-mi-SHA ke-va-SIM be-NEI-sha-NA kha-mi-SHA
- sentence
u-le-ZE-vakh hash-le-MIM ba-KAR she-NA-yim ei-LIM kha-mi-SHA a-tu-DIM kha-mi-SHA ke-va-SIM be-NEI-sha-NA kha-mi-SHA ZE kar-VAN nakh-SHON ben-a-mi-na-DAV
Exegesis
Each animal category follows the format noun + numeral, as in bakar shnayim {בָּקָר שְׁנַיִם | bā-qār šnayim} ‘cattle, two’ and elim chamishah {אֵילִם חֲמִשָּׁה | ʾē-lim chamī-šāh} ‘rams, five’.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-y-l
“ram”
In context — Numbers 7:17
And for the sacrifice of the peace offerings : two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five year-old lambs ; this was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 7:17, so the Hebrew word אֵילִ֤ם (eilim) 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.7.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.17.W5.S1) and character.