Numbers 13:32:21Num.13.32.W21TAB
אֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֥ינוּ
asherrainu
“that we saw”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-ra-I-nu
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-rah-EE-noo
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.raˈʔiːnu/
Meaning by language
- English
- that we saw
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-ra-I-nu
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ra-I-nu be-to-KHA
- clause
ha-A-retz a-SHER a-var-NU BAH la-TUR o-TAH E-retz o-KHE-let yosh-ve-HA HU ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER-ra-I-nu be-to-KHA an-SHEI mi-DOT
- sentence
va-yo-TSI-u di-BAT ha-A-retz a-SHER ta-RU o-TAH el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR ha-A-retz a-SHER a-var-NU BAH la-TUR o-TAH E-retz o-KHE-let yosh-ve-HA HU ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER-ra-I-nu be-to-KHA an-SHEI mi-DOT
Exegesis
A series of relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾa-šer} specify the spies’ thorough investigation: taru {תָּר֣וּ | tā-rū} ‘they spied out’ and avarnu {עָבַ֨רְנוּ | ʿā-var-nû} ‘we passed through.’
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ר
“to be happy, blessed”
In context — Numbers 13:32
And they brought out a slanderous report of the land which they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we have passed through to scout it out is a land devouring its inhabitants , and all the people whom we saw in its midst are men of great stature .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:32:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Numbers 13:32, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֥ינוּ (asherrainu) 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.13.32.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.32.W21.S1) and character.