Numbers 16:13:2Num.16.13.W2TAB

כִּי־הֶעֱלִיתָנוּ

kiheelitanu

that you have brought us up

Transliteration
ki-he-e-li-TA-nu
Extended
kih-heh-eh-lee-TAH-nu
IPA
/ki.he.ʕɛliˈtaːnuː/

Meaning by language

English
that you have brought us up

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כִּי + הֶ + עֱ + לִי + תָ + נוּ
ki + he + e + li + ta + nu
kiheelitanu

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ki-he-e-li-TA-nu

  2. 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 conjunction ki {כִּי | ki} introduces the first accusation in the Hiphil perfect heelitanu {הֶֽעֱלִיתָ֙נוּ | he-ʿe-li-ṯa-nu} ‘you have brought us up,’ where the first-person plural suffix marks collective experience.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph lamed he

to go up, bring up

In contextNumbers 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 16:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 16:13, so the Hebrew word כִּי־הֶעֱלִיתָנוּ (kiheelitanu) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.13.W2.S1) and character.