Numbers 14:28:8Num.14.28.W8TAB
בְּאָזְנָ֑י
beoznai
“in my hearing”
- Transliteration
- be-oz-NAI
- Extended
- beh-oz-NAI
- IPA
- /bəʔozˈnaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- in my hearing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
be-oz-NAI
- clause
e-MOR a-le-HEM KHai-A-NI ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH IM-LO ka-a-SHER di-bar-TEM be-oz-NAI
- sentence
e-MOR a-le-HEM KHai-A-NI ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH IM-LO ka-a-SHER di-bar-TEM be-oz-NAI KEN e-e-SEH la-KHEM
Exegesis
The conditional clause introduced by ka-asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | kaʾăšer} ‘just as’ links Israel’s earlier words (dibartem {דִּבַּרְתֶּם | dibbartem} ‘you have spoken’ b’ozn’ay {בְּאָזְנָ֑י | bəʾōzānay} ‘in My hearing’) to God’s corresponding action.
Root and etymology
ʾ-z-naleph-zayin-nun
“ear, hearing”
In context — Numbers 14:28
Say to them, ‘As I live, declares the LORD , just as you have spoken in My hearing , so I will do to you.’
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:28, so the Hebrew word בְּאָזְנָ֑י (beoznai) 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.14.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.28.W8.S1) and character.