Numbers 14:45:3Num.14.45.W3TAB
וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י
vehakenaani
“and the Canaanite”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI
- Extended
- veh-hah-keh-na-ah-NEE
- IPA
- /vəhak.kəna.ʕaˈni/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the Canaanite
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI
- clause
va-ye-RED ha-a-ma-le-KI ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV ba-HAR ha-HU
- sentence
va-ye-RED ha-a-ma-le-KI ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV ba-HAR ha-HU va-ya-KUM va-ya-ke-TUM ad-ha-khor-MAH
Exegesis
The coordinated subject haʿamaleqi vehakenaʿani {הָעֲמָלֵקִי וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי | haʿamāleqî wəha-kəna‘anî} with the participle hayoshev {הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב | hayōšēḇ} specifies the enemies’ residence.
Root and etymology
k-n-‘kaf-nun-ayin
“Canaanite, lowland dweller”
In context — Numbers 14:45
Then the Amalekite and the Canaanite, who lived in that mountain , came down and struck them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:45:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 14:45, so the Hebrew word וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י (vehakenaani) 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.14.45.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.45.W3.S1) and character.