Numbers 14:12:1Num.14.12.W1TAB
אַכֶּ֥נּוּ
akenu
“I will strike him”
- Transliteration
- a-ke-NU
- Extended
- ah-keh-NOO
- IPA
- /ʔa.keˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will strike him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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-ke-NU
- phraseyour reading level
a-ke-NU va-DE-ver
- clause
a-ke-NU va-DE-ver ve-o-ri-SHE-nu
- sentence
a-ke-NU va-DE-ver ve-o-ri-SHE-nu ve-e-e-SEH ot-KHA le-GOI-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM mi-me-NU
Exegesis
First, ʾakkənnû {אַכֶּ֥נּוּ | ʾăk-kĕn-nû} ‘I will strike them’ establishes divine judgment.
In context — Numbers 14:12
I will strike them down with a plague and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:12, so the Hebrew word אַכֶּ֥נּוּ (akenu) 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.14.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.12.W1.S1) and character.