Numbers 13:25:2Num.13.25.W2TAB
מִתּ֣וּר
mitur
“from spying”
- Transliteration
- mi-TUR
- Extended
- mih-TOOR
- IPA
- /mitˈtuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- from spying
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-TUR
- phraseyour reading level
mi-TUR ha-A-retz
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu mi-TUR ha-A-retz
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu mi-TUR ha-A-retz mi-KETS ar-ba-IM YOM
Exegesis
The phrase mitur {מִתּוּר | mit-tûr} combines the preposition min {מִן | min} with the Piel infinitive construct of tûr {תוּר | tûr} ‘to spy out,’ marking the source of the action.
Root and etymology
Roottav vav resh
“to scout”
In context — Numbers 13:25
And they returned from exploring the land at the end of forty days .
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 13:25, so the Hebrew word מִתּ֣וּר (mitur) 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.13.25.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.25.W2.S1) and character.