Numbers 13:16:10Num.13.16.W10TAB

לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ

lehoshea

Hoshea

Transliteration
le-ho-SHE-a
Extended
leh-hoh-SHEH-ah
IPA
/lɛhoˈʃeʕaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
Hoshea

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + הוֹ + שֵׁ֥ + עַ
le + ho + she + a
lehoshea

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-ho-SHE-a

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-ho-SHE-a bin-NUN

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA mo-SHE le-ho-SHE-a bin-NUN ye-ho-SHU-a

  4. sentence

    E-le she-MOT ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-sha-LAKH mo-SHE la-TUR et-ha-A-retz va-yik-RA mo-SHE le-ho-SHE-a bin-NUN ye-ho-SHU-a

Exegesis

The narrative then shifts with the vav-consecutive vayikra {וַיִּקְרָא | way-yik-rāʾ} ‘and he called,’ followed by lehoshea bin-nun Yehoshua {לְהוֹשֵׁעַ בִּן־נ֖וּן יְהוֹשֻׁעַ | lə-hō-šē-ʿa bin-nûn yəhō-šu-ʿa}, indicating Moses’ action of assigning Hoshea son of Nun a new name. This structure preserves the Hebrew word order and emphasizes the renaming event.

In contextNumbers 13:16

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua .

About this coordinate

Numbers 13:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 13:16, so the Hebrew word לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ (lehoshea) 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.13.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.16.W10.S1) and character.