Numbers 14:8:1Num.14.8.W1TAB
אִם־חָפֵ֥ץ
imkhafets
“If delights”
- Transliteration
- IM-kha-FETS
- Extended
- IM-khah-FEHts
- IPA
- /ʔim.ħaˈfeːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- If delights
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
IM-kha-FETS
- phraseyour reading level
IM-kha-FETS ba-NU
- clause
IM-kha-FETS ba-NU Ye-ho-VAH ve-he-VI o-TA-nu el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT u-ne-ta-NAH la-NU
- sentence
IM-kha-FETS ba-NU Ye-ho-VAH ve-he-VI o-TA-nu el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT u-ne-ta-NAH la-NU E-retz a-SHER-HI za-VAT kha-LAV ud-VASH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional particle im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if,’ introducing a protasis dependent on divine favor expressed by chafetz {חָפֵץ | ḥā-p̄ēṣ} ‘is pleased.’
Root and etymology
Rootchet-pe-tzade
“to delight in, desire”
In context — Numbers 14:8
If the LORD is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land which is flowing with milk and honey.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:8, so the Hebrew word אִם־חָפֵ֥ץ (imkhafets) 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.14.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.8.W1.S1) and character.