Numbers 14:23:6Num.14.23.W6TAB
וְכָל־מְנַאֲצַ֖י
vekholmenaatsay
“and all who despised me”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHOL-me-na-a-TSAY
- Extended
- veh-KHOHL-meh-na-ah-tSAI
- IPA
- /vəxol-mənaʔăˈtsaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and all who despised me
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHOL-me-na-a-TSAY
- clause
ve-KHOL-me-na-a-TSAY LO yir-u-HA
- sentence
IM-YIR-u ET-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA-ti la-a-vo-TAM ve-KHOL-me-na-a-TSAY LO yir-u-HA
Exegesis
The coordinated clause wəḵōl mənaʾăṣay {וְכָל־מְנַאֲצַ֖י | wəḵōl mənaʾăṣay} ‘and all who despise Me’ employs a Piel participle to intensify contempt.
Root and etymology
n-ʾ-ṣnun–aleph–tsade
“to despise”
In context — Numbers 14:23
None of them will see the land that I swore to their fathers, and all who despise Me will not see it.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 14:23, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־מְנַאֲצַ֖י (vekholmenaatsay) 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.14.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.23.W6.S1) and character.