Numbers 13:20:3Num.13.20.W3TAB
הַשְּׁמֵנָ֨ה
hashmenah
“whether it is fat”
- Transliteration
- hash-me-NAH
- Extended
- hahsh-meh-NAAH
- IPA
- /haʃ.meˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- whether it is fat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hash-me-NAH
- phraseyour reading level
hash-me-NAH hi-U
- clause
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
- 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
A noun phrase ha-shemenah {הַשְּׁמֵנָה | ha-šə-mē-nā(h)} ‘the fertile one’ is contrasted with razah {רָזָה | rā-zā(h)} ‘lean’ through the conditional particle im {אִם | ʾim}, setting up a qualitative assessment of the soil.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Mem, Nun
“to be fat, rich, fertile”
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 13:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 13:20, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁמֵנָ֨ה (hashmenah) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.20.W3.S1) and character.