Numbers 13:17:6Num.13.17.W6TAB
כְּנָ֑עַן
kenaan
“Canaan”
- Transliteration
- ke-NA-an
- Extended
- keh-NA-ahn
- IPA
- /kəˈna.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- Canaan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-NA-an
- phraseyour reading level
ET-E-retz ke-NA-an
- clause
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-E-retz ke-NA-an
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH o-TAM mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-E-retz ke-NA-an va-yo-MER a-le-HEM a-LU ZEH ba-NE-gev va-a-li-TEM ET-ha-HAR
Exegesis
The infinitive latur {לָת֖וּר | lā-tur} expresses purpose (‘to scout’), with et-eretz Kena‘an {אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן | ʾet-ʾe-reṣ kĕ-nā-ʿan} as its object.
In context — Numbers 13:17
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and he said to them, “Go up here through the Negev and go up into the hill country.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 13:17, so the Hebrew word כְּנָ֑עַן (kenaan) 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.13.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.17.W6.S1) and character.