Numbers 14:3:4Num.14.3.W4TAB
אֹתָ֜נוּ
otanu
“us”
- Transliteration
- o-ta-NU
- Extended
- oh-tah-NOO
- IPA
- /ʔoˈtaːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- us
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-ta-NU
- phraseyour reading level
me-vi o-ta-NU
- clause
ve-la-MAH Ye-ho-VAH me-vi o-ta-NU el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT lin-POL ba-KHE-rev na-SHE-nu ve-ta-PE-nu yih-YU la-VAZ
- sentence
ve-la-MAH Ye-ho-VAH me-vi o-ta-NU el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT lin-POL ba-KHE-rev na-SHE-nu ve-ta-PE-nu yih-YU la-VAZ ha-LO TOV la-NU SHUV mits-ra-Y-ma
Exegesis
The phrase otanu el-ha-arets hazot {אֹתָנוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת | ʾō-ṯā-nû ʾel-hā-ʾā-reṣ haz-zôt} “us to this land” specifies recipients and destination, with el-ha-ʾāreṣ linked by maqqef.
In context — Numbers 14:3
And why is the LORD bringing us to this land to fall by the sword and to have our wives and our little ones become plunder? Would it not be good for us to return to Egypt?
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 14:3, so the Hebrew word אֹתָ֜נוּ (otanu) 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.14.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.3.W4.S1) and character.