Numbers 13:2:5Num.13.2.W5TAB
כְּנַ֔עַן
kenaan
“Canaan”
- Transliteration
- ke-na-AN
- Extended
- keh-na-AHN
- IPA
- /kənaˈʕan/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ke-na-AN
- phraseyour reading level
ET-e-RETZ ke-na-AN
- clause
she-LAKH-le-KHA a-na-SHIM ve-ya-TU-ru ET-e-RETZ ke-na-AN a-SHER-a-NEE no-TEN liv-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
she-LAKH-le-KHA a-na-SHIM ve-ya-TU-ru ET-e-RETZ ke-na-AN a-SHER-a-NEE no-TEN liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ISH e-KHAD ISH e-KHAD le-ma-TEH a-vo-TAV tish-la-KHU KOL na-SI va-HEM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} directly associates the mission with eretz kenaʿan {אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן | ʾereṣ kənāʿān} ‘land of Canaan’.
In context — Numbers 13:2
Send for yourself men that they may explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel. From each tribe of his fathers you shall send one man, every one a leader among them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 13:2, so the Hebrew word כְּנַ֔עַן (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.13.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.2.W5.S1) and character.