Numbers 13:33:9Num.13.33.W9TAB
כּֽ͏ַחֲגָבִ֔ים
kakhagavim
“like grasshoppers”
- Transliteration
- ka-kha-ga-VIM
- Extended
- kah-khah-ga-VEEM
- IPA
- /kaħaɣaˈvim/
Meaning by language
- English
- like grasshoppers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ka-kha-ga-VIM
- clause
va-ne-HI be-ei-NEI-nu ka-kha-ga-VIM ve-KEN ha-YI-nu be-ei-NEI-hem
- sentence
ve-SHAM ra-I-nu ET-han-ne-fi-LIM be-NEI a-NAK min-han-ne-fi-LIM va-ne-HI be-ei-NEI-nu ka-kha-ga-VIM ve-KEN ha-YI-nu be-ei-NEI-hem
Exegesis
The vav consecutive in vanəhî {וַנְּהִי | wan-nə-hî} ‘and we were’ plus the Qal imperfect verb signals a shift to metaphorical self-perception, with bᵉʿênēnû {בְּעֵינֵינוּ | bə-ʿê-nē-nû} ‘in our eyes’ and the simile kaḥăgābîm {כַּחֲגָבִים | ka-ḥă-gā-bîm} ‘like grasshoppers’.
Root and etymology
Rootchet-gimel-bet
“grasshopper”
In context — Numbers 13:33
And there we saw the Nephilim , the sons of Anak who were of the Nephilim; and we were in our own eyes like grasshoppers , and so we were in their eyes.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:33:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 13:33, so the Hebrew word כּֽ͏ַחֲגָבִ֔ים (kakhagavim) 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.13.33.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.33.W9.S1) and character.