Numbers 14:33:8Num.14.33.W8TAB
אֶת־זְנוּתֵיכֶ֑ם
etzenuteikhem
“the consequences of your infidelity”
- Transliteration
- et-ze-nu-TEI-khem
- Extended
- EET-zeh-noo-TEI-khem
- IPA
- /ʔet.zənuteːˈxem/
Meaning by language
- English
- the consequences of your infidelity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ze-nu-TEI-khem
- 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 coordinate ve-nas'u {וְנָשְׂאוּ | wə·nā·śū} ‘and they will bear’ (vav-consecutive perfect) introduces a resultant action that takes et-znuteichem {אֶת־זְנוּתֵיכֶ֑ם | ’et zənûṯêḵem} ‘your unfaithfulness’ as its object, linking sin to punishment.
Root and etymology
ז־נ־ה
“to act unfaithfully”
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 14:33:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:33, so the Hebrew word אֶת־זְנוּתֵיכֶ֑ם (etzenuteikhem) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.33.W8.S1) and character.