Numbers 8:2:7Num.8.2.W7TAB
אֶל־מוּל֙
elmul
“toward {the} front”
- Transliteration
- el-MUL
- Extended
- EHL-MOOL
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈmul/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward {the} front
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-MUL
- 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 directional prepositional phrase el-mul penei ha-menorah {אֶל־מוּל פְּנֵי הַמְּנוֹרָה | ʾel-mul pə-nē ha-mə-nō-rāh} ‘toward the face of the lampstand’ clarifies orientation within the sanctuary.
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 8:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 8:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מוּל֙ (elmul) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.8.2.W7.S1) and character.