Numbers 13:29:4Num.13.29.W4TAB
הַנֶּ֑גֶב
hanegev
“of the Negev”
- Transliteration
- ha-NE-gev
- Extended
- hah-NEH-gev
- IPA
- /hanˈneɡev/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the Negev
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ha-NE-gev
- phraseyour reading level
be-E-retz ha-NE-gev
- clause
a-ma-LEK yo-SHEV be-E-retz ha-NE-gev
- sentence
a-ma-LEK yo-SHEV be-E-retz ha-NE-gev ve-ha-KHI-ti ve-ha-ye-vu-SI ve-ha-e-mo-RI yo-SHEV ba-HAR ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI yo-SHEV al-ha-YAM ve-AL YAD ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The locative phrase be-eretz ha-negev {בְּאֶרֶץ הַנֶּגֶב | bə-ʾe-reṣ ha-nē-ḡev} functions as Amalek’s territorial marker.
Root and etymology
n-g-bnun–gimel–bet
“dry, parched land”
In context — Numbers 13:29
Amalek dwells in the land of the Negev ; and the Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea and beside the Jordan .
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 13:29, so the Hebrew word הַנֶּ֑גֶב (hanegev) 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.13.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.29.W4.S1) and character.