Numbers 7:5:2Num.7.5.W2TAB
מֵֽאִתָּ֔ם
meittam
“from them”
- Transliteration
- me-it-TAM
- Extended
- meh-eet-TAAM
- IPA
- /me.ʔitˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-it-TAM
- clause
KAKH me-it-TAM ve-ha-YU la-a-VOD et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
KAKH me-it-TAM ve-ha-YU la-a-VOD et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED ve-na-tat-TA o-TAM el-hal-vi-YIM ISH ke-FI a-vo-da-TO
Exegesis
The direct-object-marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct object marker’ marks avodat ohel moed {עֲבֹדַ֖ת אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד | ʿă·ḇō·ḏat ʾō·hel mô·ʿêḏ} ‘service of Tent of Meeting,’ structuring a construct chain that highlights the cultic context.
In context — Numbers 7:5
Take them from the people, and they shall be for the service of the Tent of Meeting. Then you shall give them to the Levites , each man according to his service.
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 7:5, so the Hebrew word מֵֽאִתָּ֔ם (meittam) 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.7.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.5.W2.S1) and character.