Numbers 16:13:6Num.16.13.W6TAB
וּדְבַשׁ
udevash
“and honey”
- Transliteration
- u-de-VASH
- Extended
- oo-deh-VAHSH
- IPA
- /udəˈvaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and honey
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
u-de-VASH
- 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 construct chain meeretz zavat chalav udevash {מֵאֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ | me-’er-eẓ za-vat kha-lav u-de-vash} ‘from a land flowing with milk and honey’ employs a noun of abundance to depict prosperity.
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 16:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 16:13, so the Hebrew word וּדְבַשׁ (udevash) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.13.W6.S1) and character.