Numbers 14:15:1Num.14.15.W1TAB
וְהֵמַתָּ֛ה
vehemata
“and you kill”
- Transliteration
- ve-he-ma-TA
- Extended
- veh-heh-mah-TAH
- IPA
- /vəheːmatˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you kill
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-he-ma-TA
- clause
ve-he-ma-TA et-ha-AM ha-ZEH ke-ISH e-KHAD
- sentence
ve-he-ma-TA et-ha-AM ha-ZEH ke-ISH e-KHAD ve-am-RU ha-go-YIM a-SHER-sham-U et-shim-a-KHA le-MOR
Exegesis
The Hebrew conditional-consequence structure opens with the vav-consecutive verb vehematta {וְהֵמַתָּ֛ה | wə-hē-māṭ-ṭāh} ‘and you put to death,’ combining the vav-conversive prefixed to a Hiphil perfect to convey divine causation.
In context — Numbers 14:15
And if You put to death this people as one man, then the nations who have heard of Your report will say,
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:15, so the Hebrew word וְהֵמַתָּ֛ה (vehemata) 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.14.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.15.W1.S1) and character.