Numbers 14:16:8Num.14.16.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֣ע
ashernishba
“that he swore”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-nish-BA
- Extended
- a-SHEHR-nish-BAH
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.niʃˈbaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he swore
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-nish-BA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-nish-BA la-HEM
- clause
mi-bil-TI ye-KHO-let Ye-ho-VAH le-ha-VI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH el-ha-A-retz a-SHER-nish-BA la-HEM
- sentence
mi-bil-TI ye-KHO-let Ye-ho-VAH le-ha-VI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH el-ha-A-retz a-SHER-nish-BA la-HEM va-yish-kha-TEM ba-mid-BAR
Exegesis
A relative prepositional clause el-haaretz asher-nishba lahem {אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּע לָהֶם | el-ha-aretz a-šer-nīš-bāʿ la-hem} “into the land which He swore to them” evokes covenantal oath formulas.
Root and etymology
š-b-ʿshin-bet-ayin
“to swear, take an oath”
In context — Numbers 14:16
Because of the lack of ability of the LORD to bring this people into the land that He swore to them, He slaughtered them in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:16, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֣ע (ashernishba) 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.14.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.16.W8.S1) and character.