Numbers 13:16:6Num.13.16.W6TAB
לָת֣וּר
latur
“to spy out”
- Transliteration
- la-TUR
- Extended
- lah-TOOR
- IPA
- /laˈtuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to spy out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-TUR
- phraseyour reading level
la-TUR et-ha-A-retz
- clause
E-le she-MOT ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-sha-LAKH mo-SHE la-TUR et-ha-A-retz
- 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 relative clause asher-shalach Moshe latur et-ha-aretz {אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַח מֹשֶׁה לָתּוּר אֵת־הָאָרֶץ | ʾă-šer-šā-laḥ mō-šē lā-tūr ʾēṯ-hā-ʾā-reṣ} uses the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} linked by maqqef to shalach {שָׁלַח | šā-laḥ} ‘sent,’ forming a single syntactic unit that introduces Moses’ mission.
The infinitive construct latur {לָתּוּר | lā-tūr} ‘explore’ serves as the complement, and the direct object marker et {אֵת | ʾēṯ} precedes ha-aretz {הָאָרֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘the land.’
Root and etymology
Roottav vav resh
“explore”
In context — Numbers 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 13:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 13:16, so the Hebrew word לָת֣וּר (latur) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.16.W6.S1) and character.