Numbers 15:39:17Num.15.39.W17TAB
זֹנִ֖ים
zonim
“are inclined to go astray”
- Transliteration
- zo-NIM
- Extended
- zoh-NEEM
- IPA
- /zoˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- are inclined to go astray
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
zo-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-a-TEM zo-NIM
- clause
ve-LO-ta-TU-ru a-kha-REI le-vav-KHEM ve-a-kha-REI ei-NEI-khem a-SHER-a-TEM zo-NIM a-kha-REI-hem
- sentence
ve-ha-YA la-KHEM le-tsi-TSET u-re-i-TEM o-TO uz-khar-TEM et-KOL-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH va-a-si-TEM o-TAM ve-LO-ta-TU-ru a-kha-REI le-vav-KHEM ve-a-kha-REI ei-NEI-khem a-SHER-a-TEM zo-NIM a-kha-REI-hem
Root and etymology
RootZayin–Nun–Heh
“to prostitute, be unfaithful”
In context — Numbers 15:39
And it shall be to you for tassels, so that you will look at them and remember all the commandments of the LORD , and you will do them and not follow after your hearts and after your eyes, which lead you astray.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:39:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 15:39, so the Hebrew word זֹנִ֖ים (zonim) 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.15.39.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.39.W17.S1) and character.