Numbers 11:2:8Num.11.2.W8TAB
הָאֵֽשׁ׃
haesh
“the fire”
- Transliteration
- ha-ESH
- Extended
- haa-ESH
- IPA
- /haːˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ESH
- clause
va-yit-pal-LEL MO-sheh el-ye-ho-VAH va-tish-KA ha-ESH
- sentence
va-yits-AK ha-AM el-MO-sheh va-yit-pal-LEL MO-sheh el-ye-ho-VAH va-tish-KA ha-ESH
Exegesis
Finally, vatishqaʿ {וַתִּשְׁקַ֖ע | va-tiš-qaʿ} ‘and it subsided’ shifts agency to haʾēš {הָאֵשׁ | hā-ʾēš}, framing the fire’s passive cessation as the climactic result of intercession. This structure highlights the theological motif of communal distress, prophetic mediation, and divine response.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire, burning”
In context — Numbers 11:2
And the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD , and the fire subsided.
About this coordinate
Numbers 11:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 11:2, so the Hebrew word הָאֵֽשׁ׃ (haesh) 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.11.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.11.2.W8.S1) and character.