Numbers 16:13:1Num.16.13.W1TAB
הַמְעַט
hamat
“Is it a small thing”
- Transliteration
- ham-AT
- Extended
- hahm-AHT
- IPA
- /hamˈʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- Is it a small thing
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
ham-AT
- sentence
ham-AT ki-he-e-li-TA-nu me-E-retz za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH le-ha-mi-TE-nu bam-mid-BAR ki-tis-ta-RE-r a-LE-nu gam-his-ta-RE-r a-LE-nu his-ta-RE-r
Exegesis
The verse opens with the interrogative hameat {הַמְעַ֗ט | ha-me-ʿat} ‘is it little?’, a rhetorical question expressing protest.
In context — Numbers 16:13
Is it too small a thing that you have brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness , that you must also surely rule over us?
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:13, so the Hebrew word הַמְעַט (hamat) 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.16.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.13.W1.S1) and character.