Numbers 13:4:2Num.13.4.W2TAB
שְׁמוֹתָ֑ם
shemotam
“their names”
- Transliteration
- she-mo-TAM
- Extended
- sheh-moh-TAHM
- IPA
- /ʃəmoˈtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- their names
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-mo-TAM
- clause
ve-E-le she-mo-TAM
- sentence
ve-E-le she-mo-TAM le-ma-TE re-u-VEN sha-MU-a ben-ZA-kur
Exegesis
The verse opens with the heading ve’eleh {וְאֵ֖לֶּה | wə-ʾêl-leh} ‘and these’, introducing a list immediately specified by the possessed noun shemotam {שְׁמוֹתָ֑ם | šə-mō-ṯām} ‘their names’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin mem tav
“names”
In context — Numbers 13:4
And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 13:4, so the Hebrew word שְׁמוֹתָ֑ם (shemotam) 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.13.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.4.W2.S1) and character.