Numbers 14:12:7Num.14.12.W7TAB

וְעָצ֖וּם

veatsum

and mighty

Transliteration
ve-a-TSUM
Extended
veh-aa-TSOOM
IPA
/vəʕaˈtsuːm/

Meaning by language

English
and mighty

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Result
וְ + עָ + צ֖וּם
ve + a + tsum
veatsum

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Tsadets as in cats
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-a-TSUM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-GOI-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM

  3. clause

    ve-e-e-SEH ot-KHA le-GOI-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM mi-me-NU

  4. 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

In contextNumbers 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 14:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 14:12, so the Hebrew word וְעָצ֖וּם (veatsum) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.12.W7.S1) and character.