Numbers 15:34:7Num.15.34.W7TAB
מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה
mayease
“what should be done”
- Transliteration
- ma-ye-a-SE
- Extended
- mah-yeh-aa-SEH
- IPA
- /maːj.jeʕaˈse/
Meaning by language
- English
- what should be done
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-ye-a-SE
- clause
KI LO fo-RASH ma-ye-a-SE LO
- sentence
va-ya-NI-khu o-TO ba-mish-MAR KI LO fo-RASH ma-ye-a-SE LO
Exegesis
The hyphenated interrogative mah-yeaseh {מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה | mah-yê‘āśeh} ‘what should be done’ functions as an embedded question dependent on porash.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–heh
“lamb, kid”
In context — Numbers 15:34
And they placed him in custody , because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:34:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 15:34, so the Hebrew word מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה (mayease) 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.15.34.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.34.W7.S1) and character.