Numbers 14:34:16Num.14.34.W16TAB
אֶת־תְּנוּאָתִֽי׃
ettenuati
“my opposition”
- Transliteration
- et-te-nu-a-TI
- Extended
- EET-teh-noo-ah-TEE
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.tənuːʔaˈti/
Meaning by language
- English
- my opposition
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-te-nu-a-TI
- clause
vi-dat-TEM et-te-nu-a-TI
- sentence
be-mis-PAR ha-ya-MIM a-sher-TAR-tem et-ha-A-retz ar-ba-IM YOM YOM la-sha-NA YOM la-sha-NA tis-U et-a-vo-no-TEI-khem ar-ba-IM sha-NA vi-dat-TEM et-te-nu-a-TI
Exegesis
The chiastic progression from measure to personal consequence to divine estrangement in tenuati {תְּנוּאָתִי | te-nu-a-ti} is mirrored by em dashes in English to reflect Hebrew emphasis and parallelism.
In context — Numbers 14:34
By the number of the days that you explored the land—forty days, a day for a year, a day for a year—you will bear your iniquities for forty years, and you shall know my opposition .
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:34:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Numbers 14:34, so the Hebrew word אֶת־תְּנוּאָתִֽי׃ (ettenuati) 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.14.34.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.34.W16.S1) and character.