נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃

   ne-khush-TAN

   Nehushtan
2. clause🔊 וְכִתַּת֩ נְחַ֨שׁ הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֗ה כִּ֣י עַד־הַיָּמִ֤ים הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ הָי֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מְקַטְּרִ֣ים ל֔וֹ וַיִּקְרָא־ל֖וֹ נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃

   ve-khi-TAT ne-KHASH han-ne-KHO-shet a-sher-a-SA mo-SHE KI ad-ha-ya-MIM ha-HE-ma ha-YU ve-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-kat-te-RIM LO va-yik-RA-LO ne-khush-TAN

   and crushed a serpent the bronze which he made Moses for until the days those they were sons of Israel making smoke or burning incense to it and he called it Nehushtan
3. sentence🔊 ה֣וּא הֵסִ֣יר אֶת־הַבָּמ֗וֹת וְשִׁבַּר֙ אֶת־הַמַּצֵּבֹ֔ת וְכָרַ֖ת אֶת־הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וְכִתַּת֩ נְחַ֨שׁ הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֗ה כִּ֣י עַד־הַיָּמִ֤ים הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ הָי֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מְקַטְּרִ֣ים ל֔וֹ וַיִּקְרָא־ל֖וֹ נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃

   HU he-SIR et-ha-ba-MOT ve-shi-BAR et-ha-mat-tse-VOT ve-kha-RAT et-ha-a-she-RA ve-khi-TAT ne-KHASH han-ne-KHO-shet a-sher-a-SA mo-SHE KI ad-ha-ya-MIM ha-HE-ma ha-YU ve-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-kat-te-RIM LO va-yik-RA-LO ne-khush-TAN

   he removed {direct object} the high places and broke {direct object} the pillars and cut down {direct object} the Asherah and crushed a serpent the bronze which he made Moses for until the days those they were sons of Israel making smoke or burning incense to it and he called it Nehushtan

Exegesis

Finally, the nomenclature verb וַיִּקְרָא־לוֹ va-yikkera-lo {וַיִּקְרָא־לוֹ | wayyik·rāʾ-lōw} “and he called it” assigns the name נְחֻשְׁתָּן nekhushtan {נְחֻשְׁתָּן | nǝḥušṯān}.

Root and etymology

נ־ח־שׁ🔊 n-ḥ-š

“bronze”

• 🔊 נְּחֹשֶׁתneḥōšeṯcopper, bronzeExodus 27:2