Numbers 14:2:13Num.14.2.W13TAB

א֛וֹ

oh

or

Transliteration
OH
Extended
OH
IPA
/ʔoː/

Meaning by language

English
or

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    OH

  2. clause

    va-yo-MRU a-le-HEM KOL-ha-e-DAH lu-MAT-nu be-E-retz mits-RA-yim OH ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH lu-MAT-nu

  3. sentence

    va-yil-LO-nu al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON KOL be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yo-MRU a-le-HEM KOL-ha-e-DAH lu-MAT-nu be-E-retz mits-RA-yim OH ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH lu-MAT-nu

Root and etymology

y-r-šyod–resh–shin

to dispossess

In contextNumbers 14:2

And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness .”

About this coordinate

Numbers 14:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 14:2, so the Hebrew word א֛וֹ (oh) 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.14.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.2.W13.S1) and character.