Numbers 14:4:6Num.14.4.W6TAB
וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה
venashuvah
“and let us return”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-shu-VAH
- Extended
- veh-nah-shoo-VAH
- IPA
- /vənɑːʃuˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and let us return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-na-shu-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-shu-VAH mits-ra-YMAH
- clause
nit-NAH ROSH ve-na-shu-VAH mits-ra-YMAH
- sentence
va-yom-ROO EESH el-a-KHIv nit-NAH ROSH ve-na-shu-VAH mits-ra-YMAH
Exegesis
The parallel cohortative in venashuvah {וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה | wə-nā-šū-vāh} mirrors the earlier niphal, reinforcing the symmetry of the two actions.
Root and etymology
š-w-bshin-vav-bet
“return, turn back”
In context — Numbers 14:4
And each man said to his brother, “Let us appoint a leader and let us return to Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 14:4, so the Hebrew word וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה (venashuvah) 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.14.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.4.W6.S1) and character.