Numbers 13:20:16Num.13.20.W16TAB
עֲנָבִֽים׃
anavim
“grapes”
- Transliteration
- a-na-VIM
- Extended
- ah-nah-VEEM
- IPA
- /ʕa.naˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- grapes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-na-VIM
- phraseyour reading level
bi-ku-REI a-na-VIM
- clause
ve-ha-ya-MIM ye-MEI bi-ku-REI a-na-VIM
- sentence
u-MAH ha-A-retz hash-me-NAH hi-U im-ra-ZAH ha-YESH-BAH ETS im-AIN ve-hit-khaz-AK-tem u-le-kakh-TEM mi-PRI ha-A-retz ve-ha-ya-MIM ye-MEI bi-ku-REI a-na-VIM
Exegesis
Finally, the temporal clause ve-ha-yamim yemei bikurei anavim {וְהַיָּמִים יְמֵי בִּכּוּרֵי עֲנָבִים | və-hā-ya-mîm yə-mē bik-ū-rê ʿa-nā-vîm} situates the action “in the days of the grapes’ firstfruits,” using a construct chain to link days, firstfruits, and grapes in successive genitive relationships.
Root and etymology
ʿ-n-bayin–nun–bet
“grape”
In context — Numbers 13:20
And what about the land— is it fertile or lean ? Is there a tree within it or not? And you must strengthen yourselves and bring back some of the fruit of the land. Now the days were the days of the firstfruits of grapes.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:20:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Numbers 13:20, so the Hebrew word עֲנָבִֽים׃ (anavim) 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.13.20.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.20.W16.S1) and character.