Numbers 8:2:5Num.8.2.W5TAB
בְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙
behaalotkha
“when you set up”
- Transliteration
- be-ha-a-LOT-kha
- Extended
- beh-ha-ah-LOHT-kha
- IPA
- /bəha.ʕaˈlotxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- when you set up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
be-ha-a-LOT-kha
- clause
be-ha-a-LOT-kha et-ha-ne-ROT el-MUL pe-NEI ha-me-no-RAH ya-I-ru shiv-AT ha-ne-ROT
- sentence
da-BER el-a-ha-RON ve-a-mar-TA e-LAV be-ha-a-LOT-kha et-ha-ne-ROT el-MUL pe-NEI ha-me-no-RAH ya-I-ru shiv-AT ha-ne-ROT
Exegesis
The Hifil infinitive construct be-ha-alotkha {בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ | bə-hă-ʿă-lōt-kha} functions as a temporal circumstantial clause ‘when you set up’, specifying the occasion for action.
In context — Numbers 8:2
Speak to Aaron and say to him, “When you raise the lamps , the seven lamps shall shine toward the front of the lampstand .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 8:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 8:2, so the Hebrew word בְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙ (behaalotkha) 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.8.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.8.2.W5.S1) and character.