Numbers 14:33:3Num.14.33.W3TAB
רֹעִ֤ים
roim
“shepherds”
- Transliteration
- ro-IM
- Extended
- roh-EEM
- IPA
- /roˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- shepherds
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ro-IM
- phraseyour reading level
yih-YU ro-IM ba-mid-BAR
- clause
u-ve-NEI-khem yih-YU ro-IM ba-mid-BAR ar-ba-IM sha-NA ve-na-SE-u et-ze-nu-TEI-khem
- sentence
u-ve-NEI-khem yih-YU ro-IM ba-mid-BAR ar-ba-IM sha-NA ve-na-SE-u et-ze-nu-TEI-khem ad-TOM pig-rei-KHEM ba-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect yihyu {יִהְיּוּ | yiḥyū} ‘they will be’ introduces a future state defined by the predicate participle ro'im {רֹעִים | rō·'îm} ‘shepherds’.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־ה
“to shepherd”
In context — Numbers 14:33
And your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will bear the burden of your unfaithfulness until your corpses are finished in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 14:33, so the Hebrew word רֹעִ֤ים (roim) 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.14.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.33.W3.S1) and character.