Numbers 13:22:4Num.13.22.W4TAB
עַד־חֶבְרוֹן֒
adkhevron
“to Hebron”
- Transliteration
- ad-KHEV-ron
- Extended
- ahd-KHEV-ROHN
- IPA
- /ʕad.ˈħevroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Hebron
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-KHEV-ron
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO ad-KHEV-ron
- clause
va-ya-a-LU va-NE-gev va-ya-VO ad-KHEV-ron ve-SHAM a-khi-MAN she-SHAI ve-tal-MAI ye-li-DEI ha-a-NAK
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU va-NE-gev va-ya-VO ad-KHEV-ron ve-SHAM a-khi-MAN she-SHAI ve-tal-MAI ye-li-DEI ha-a-NAK ve-khev-RON she-VA sha-NIM niv-ne-TA lif-NEI tso-AN mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ban-nê-gev {בַּנֶּגֶב֮ | ban-nê-gev} ‘into the Negev’ establishes the route, while ʿăd ḥe-vrôn {עַד־חֶבְרוֹן֒ | ʿăd ḥe-vrôn} ‘as far as Hebron’ defines the destination.
Root and etymology
ḥ-b-rcheth–bet–resh
“to join”
In context — Numbers 13:22
And they went up into the Negev, and they came to Hebron. There Achiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the offspring of Anak , were present. Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 13:22, so the Hebrew word עַד־חֶבְרוֹן֒ (adkhevron) 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.13.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.22.W4.S1) and character.