Numbers 14:11:5Num.14.11.W5TAB
יְנַאֲצֻ֖נִי
yenaatsuni
“will they despise me”
- Transliteration
- ye-na-a-TSU-ni
- Extended
- yeh-na-a-TSU-nee
- IPA
- /jənaʔaˈtsuni/
Meaning by language
- English
- will they despise me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-na-a-TSU-ni
- phraseyour reading level
ad-A-na ye-na-a-TSU-ni
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ad-A-na ye-na-a-TSU-ni ha-AM ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ad-A-na ye-na-a-TSU-ni ha-AM ha-ZEH ve-ad-A-na lo-ya-a-MI-nu BI be-KHOL ha-o-TOT a-SHER a-SI-ti be-kir-BO
Exegesis
The Piel verb yenatzuni {יְנַאֲצֻנִי | yə-na-ʿa-TSU-nî} conveys active contempt and the negative lo-yaaminu {לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ | lōʾ-ya-ʾa-MĪ-nû} shows progressive unbelief.
Root and etymology
נ־א־ץ
“to spurn, treat with contempt”
In context — Numbers 14:11
And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people despise Me ? And how long will they not believe in Me in all the signs that I have done among them?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:11, so the Hebrew word יְנַאֲצֻ֖נִי (yenaatsuni) 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.14.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.11.W5.S1) and character.