Numbers 14:12:8Num.14.12.W8TAB
מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃
mimenu
“than him”
- Transliteration
- mi-me-NU
- Extended
- mih-meh-NOO
- IPA
- /mimˈmenuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- than him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
mi-me-NU
- clause
ve-e-e-SEH ot-KHA le-GOI-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM mi-me-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
Finally, mimmēnû {מִמֶּֽנּוּ | mim-me-nû} ‘than them’ marks a comparative contrast emphasizing the promised nation’s superiority. The sequential causative structure heightens the shift from judgment to promise.
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 14:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:12, so the Hebrew word מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ (mimenu) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.12.W8.S1) and character.