Numbers 13:4:6Num.13.4.W6TAB
בֶּן־זַכּֽוּר׃
benzakur
“son of Zaccur”
- Transliteration
- ben-ZA-kur
- Extended
- BEHN-ZAH-koor
- IPA
- /ben.zaˈkur/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Zaccur
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ben-ZA-kur
- clause
le-ma-TE re-u-VEN sha-MU-a ben-ZA-kur
- sentence
ve-E-le she-mo-TAM le-ma-TE re-u-VEN sha-MU-a ben-ZA-kur
Exegesis
Reuben {רְאוּבֵ֔ן | rə-ʾū-bên} ‘Reuben’ heads a construct chain with Shammua {שַׁמּ֖וּעַ | šam-mū-ʼa} ‘Shammua’, bound by maqqef to the genitive expression ben-zakkur {בֶּן־זַכּֽוּר | ben-za-kkūr} ‘son of Zakkur’. This left-branching nominal construct encodes genealogical descent, and the Hebrew maqqef preserves the unity of the family identifier. The translation employs a colon after “names” to mirror the Hebrew etnachta and maintain the list’s syntactic prominence.
Root and etymology
z-k-rzayin-kaph-resh
“to remember”
In context — Numbers 13:4
And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 13:4, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־זַכּֽוּר׃ (benzakur) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.4.W6.S1) and character.