Numbers 14:15:9Num.14.15.W9TAB
אֶֽת־שִׁמְעֲךָ֖
etshimakha
“your fame”
- Transliteration
- et-shim-a-KHA
- Extended
- EET-shim-ah-KHAH
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.ʃimʕaˈxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- your fame
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-shim-a-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-sham-U et-shim-a-KHA
- clause
ve-am-RU ha-go-YIM a-SHER-sham-U et-shim-a-KHA le-MOR
- 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 direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ-} marks ha’am {הָעָ֥ם | hā-‘ām} ‘the people,’ specified by the demonstrative hazzeh {הַזֶּ֖ה | ha-zzeh} ‘this.’
The relative asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă-šer-} ‘who’ introduces the clause containing sham’u {שָׁמְעוּ | šā-mə‘ū} ‘have heard’ your report, shim’akha {שִׁמְעֲךָ֖ | šim·‘ă-khā} ‘your report,’ leading to the infinitive construct leimor {לֵאמֹֽר | lê-’ā-mōr} ‘saying,’ which introduces direct speech. The structure highlights divine action followed by human reaction, underscoring the theological weight of total destruction observed by foreign nations.
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 14:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 14:15, so the Hebrew word אֶֽת־שִׁמְעֲךָ֖ (etshimakha) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.15.W9.S1) and character.