Numbers 14:9:12Num.14.9.W12TAB
צִלָּ֧ם
tsillam
“their protection”
- Transliteration
- tsil-LAM
- Extended
- tsil-LAAM
- IPA
- /tsilˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their protection
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsil-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
SAR tsil-LAM me-a-le-HEM
- clause
SAR tsil-LAM me-a-le-HEM va-ye-ho-VAH it-TA-nu al-ti-ra-UM
- sentence
AKH ba-ye-ho-VAH al-tim-RE-du ve-a-TEM al-ti-RE-u et-AM ha-A-retz KI lakh-ME-nu HEM SAR tsil-LAM me-a-le-HEM va-ye-ho-VAH it-TA-nu al-ti-ra-UM
Exegesis
The perfect verb sār {סָר | sār} with tsillam me-aleihem {צִלָּם מֵעֲלֵיהֶם | ṣillām mē-ʿālēhem} conveys the removal of protection.
Root and etymology
“shadow, protection”
In context — Numbers 14:9
Surely, do not rebel against the LORD , and do not fear the people of the land, for they are our bread . Their shadow has departed from over them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 14:9, so the Hebrew word צִלָּ֧ם (tsillam) 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.14.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.9.W12.S1) and character.