Numbers 13:19:1Num.13.19.W1TAB
וּמָ֣ה
umah
“and what”
- Transliteration
- u-MAH
- Extended
- oo-MAAH
- IPA
- /uːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and what
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
u-MAH ha-A-retz
- clause
u-MAH ha-A-retz a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV bah ha-to-VAH hu im-ra-AH
- sentence
u-MAH ha-A-retz a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV bah ha-to-VAH hu im-ra-AH u-MAH he-a-RIM a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV ba-HE-nah hab-be-ma-kha-NIM IM be-miv-tsa-RIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with u-mah {וּמָה | û-māh} ‘and what?’ marking evaluative interrogatives that frame two parallel questions.
In context — Numbers 13:19
And what is the land in which they are dwelling— is it good or bad? And what are the towns in which they are residing? Are they in the camps or in fortresses?
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 13:19, so the Hebrew word וּמָ֣ה (umah) 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.13.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.19.W1.S1) and character.