Numbers 1:39:3Num.1.39.W3TAB
דָ֑ן
dan
“of Dan”
- Transliteration
- DAN
- Extended
- DAAN
- IPA
- /ˈdaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Dan
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DAN
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-TEH DAN
- clause
pe-ku-DEI-hem le-ma-TEH DAN
- sentence
pe-ku-DEI-hem le-ma-TEH DAN she-NA-yim ve-shi-SHIM E-lef u-SHE-va me-OT
Exegesis
The prepositional construct lematteh {לְמַטֵּ֣ה | lə-mat-tēh} ‘to the tribe’ governs the proper noun Dan {דָ֑ן | dān} ‘Dan’ to specify tribal affiliation.
Root and etymology
RootDalet, Nun
“judge”
In context — Numbers 1:39
Their counted ones for the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred .
About this coordinate
Numbers 1:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 1:39, so the Hebrew word דָ֑ן (dan) 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.1.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.1.39.W3.S1) and character.